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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. You're right PP, but a new mayor could indeed change this calculus. If either Racine or Gray displaces Bowser, either might be persuaded to demand that DCPS offers honors classes at middle schools like Jefferson that are 2/3 empty where in-boundary percentages are low but feeder elementary schools are thriving (Jefferson Academy's building can accommodate three times as many students as it serves). This fix is obvious and gentrifiers vote. In that case, the sky would be the limit at JA.  I don't expect a new mayor to be elected, or to demand this, but I wouldn't rule it out either.  The Old Guard of the Dem machine in this city remembers the Jefferson honors program.  A mayor of that ilk might be more amenable to moving to recreate it as a school within a school program than we think. Antwan Wilson is already making changes up the DCPS chain. The ground is being laid for greater change.  In the meantime, I'm with the PPs who see more Brent families heading to Hardy than to JA.  [/quote]

There are simply not enough gentrifiers to make a significant difference to someone running city-wide (city-wide council is different because you can vote for more than one candidate). And not all gentrifiers prioritize schools when voting.  [/quote]

The blunt calculus is that higher SES residents need to have children and start researching the schools to really get a grip on the problems inherent to DCPS.

The good news is that they are flocking to the city in their procreating years.  Let's hope they bring their education with them.

Also, the city is becoming more and more expensive, which pushes out the poor (and their influence in the classroom, for better or worse).

The schools will turn just as the city turns, but it won't happen as fast as the current parents of toddlers hope.  [/quote]

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