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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is a disconnect above between the use of "IB" to mean "in-boundary" and the use in the phrase "IB certification" that refers to an International Baccalaureate program certification for the schools.

I am a NW parent of a middle schooler and a high schooler that has observed the Capital Hill parents' struggle with schools via DCUM (and the 2013 boundary review) with empathy for the past 10 years  DCPS is not interested in doing what it takes to address the needs of the high performing high SES students on Capital Hill.  DCPS cannot see the forest for the trees, they are afraid of the political cost of doing what it takes to create a viable feeder path as they will be seen as pandering to high SES families.  Nevermind that it woudl create a better educational path for many kids, including lower SES kids.

That causes angst.

I love our home in upper NW.  That said, if we did not have children we would not be living here, we would be on Capital Hill or Dupont Circle or somewhere else more urban.

Many of us parents in both locales are both good people and difficult to deal with when our kids' educations are at risk.  [/quote]

You're observing via DCUM?

Lol.  I can say that there is no angst that I see at our Hill elementary school along the lines of "oh noes, the feeder pattern!"  None of us love the fact that we might have to move/go private/have a long commute for middle school if the lottery doesn't work out but that doesn't impact how the elementary school runs.  The most angst is probably in ECE with nervous parents of small kids fighting about boloney sandwiches in aftercare, but that seems to fade away. [/quote]

I wasn’t commenting on how the elementary schools run or how anxious elementary school parents  are.  I was just saying there is long running reporting about the lack of will to make the hard choices that would put together a successful middle school cohort.  It is not rocket science that there needs to be a basis to believe a school will have a strong student cohort for parents to send their children.  There are many, many viable elementary schools throughout DCPS and including in capital hill.  Why is a strong middle school such a unicorn?  You need to have multiple strong elementary schools feeding into a well supported/structured middle school.

Separately, it is idiotic to argue that strong students will not perform better with a stronger curriculum and peer group.  If there is one thing I have learned from DCUM it is that education research studies are crap.  [/quote]

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