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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?[/quote]

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
[b]- Bullying in middle school is universal.[/b]
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
[b]- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.[/b]

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

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As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional. [/quote]

NP.  The second point is NOT delusional.  Where do mass shootings take place?  All that I'm aware of have been in suburbs with different demographics, not urban city centers.[/quote]

YET. [/quote]

Sure it's not out of the question, but based on prior history this statistically rare event is more likely to happen in the suburbs.[/quote]

Most urban districts have metal detectors at each entrance that everyone passes thru each day. So the odds are fairly low that someone can actually bring a weapon inside of a DCPS school. Charters are very different. I haven't been in a charter that has the same amount of security as DCPS schools. 
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In DC, every middle and high school is mandated to have a metal detector by law. They are strict too. My son had a fork confiscated that I put in his lunch. [/quote]

DCPS and DCPCS? Because my DC’s charter school doesn’t not have them and I have sent real (gasp) silverware in the lunch box. Forks![/quote]

DCPS. No idea what goes on at charters.[/quote]

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