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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you tour P street? That building is amazing. I find it odd you’d be unimpressed by it yet down with Burroughs building. Also I find it odd you didn’t apply to 8th street which would’ve simplified your commute etc. In general I’m not clear what you’re after - it’s like you’re too good for P street and it’s open air drug market but fine with Burroughs which may not have any aftercare (500/month for a college student may not even be possible) and also is near our very own target practice zone in Brookland. [/quote]

How do you know OP didn't apply to MV 8th Street? Perhaps they didn't get in...[/quote]

That’s not really possible, P street has a fraction of the openings of MV8.[/quote]

Maybe they got a really good master number? [/quote]

OP here. Uh, we did apply to 8th street, but we listed in order of true preference at the time, and we put MV P Street higher because it was an already-established location. Honestly, I didn't think we would get in to P Street. I thought we *might* have a chance at MV8.

And for everyone dragging Burroughs, have *you* been inside it? Have you met the teachers or the PTO leadership? I have. I will admit that I judged Burroughs pretty hard from the outside and from neighborhood gossip. But when I visited, I was pleasantly surprised. The PK3 and PK4 spaces are really nice. And the music room was very impressive. MV doesn't even have a music room. I'm not saying Burroughs is better, just that it's not as bad as I thought it was.

Thank you for everyone who spent the time to share a thoughtful, compassionate response. 
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Sure but bottom line is parents would put their child in a highly performing dingy school any day over a poorly performing school with decent facilities.  Look at the millions and millions of dollars spent renovating the EOTP high schools.  You think anyone is saying I’ll put Johnny in that beautiful renovated school?  Nope not going to happen.[/quote]

I'm not sure the difference is that stark, performance-wise.  Sure, MV has 4 stars/67.2 score compared to Burroughs' 3 stars/58.7 rating, but Burroughs also has an at-risk population of almost 50%, whereas MV's at risk population is around 10%.  I'm not sure the delta is that impressive, given the difference in student body.  This is not to dog MV at all, and if dual language is your goal, it's a good option (and I know a lot of lovely families who send their kids there, if you are into anecdata!), but I wouldn't assume the quality of the education is necessarily better than what you would receive at Burroughs.

OP--did you make a decision yet?[/quote]

Here is the bottom line.  If your child is above average or advanced, to many parents, race, economic status, at risk or not doesn’t matter.  We could care less.  What we care about is peer group.  What percentage of students are at least at grade level or above.  For this correlates directly with how small or big the academic gap in the classroom.  For realistically, if you have kids 3 or 4 grade levels apart, especially if the bottom are a majority of >70%, low or no chance your child’s academic needs will be met.

The academic competence of DC kids are terribly low.  Sure poverty plays a factor.  But there has not been significant change in the achievement gap in the last decade and there likely won’t be now either.  [/quote]

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