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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If DCPS didn’t want Brent demographics, they could have ditched neighborhood schools decades back, e.g. San Fran and Boston. Don’t blame parents and admins for the development of majority white and UMC elementary schools. [/quote]

I think the arguments about Brent's demographics are in response to the OP, who claimed that Brent could be a model for the rest of the city. But Brent is an outlier -- UMC families with parents who can WFH, a very limited number of kids from the populations most impacted by the virus. And it is not surprising that, due to this, teachers may be more willing to come back and may have a less contentious relationship with administration. Plus Brent has PTO funds to pay for stuff that DCPS is dragging their feet on, to make sure the facility is ready to go.

It's not a criticism of Brent parents per se, but a very clear illustration of why we probably should NOT have neighborhood schools like this, because it allows Brent families to operate in a bubble where they are separated from most of the real problems of the rest of DCPS. We don't need to learn from Brent, unless the less on you want us to learn is "Be richer, live IB for rich school." In which case: thanks, I got it.[/quote]

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