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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2% of students are proficient in math. [/quote]

This. [b] It’s shocking the school continues to operate when less than 2% of the kids are on grade level in math.  [/b]Less than 2%.  DC social promotion at its best.  It’s probably worst now after the pandemic.

We are zoned for Dunbar and it’s a non-starter.  Just no way we are sending DS there.  I don’t care how nice the building is.

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Curious what you think the solution is to this besides rezoning (I support rezoning). [/quote]

Rezoning is not going to help these kids.  DCPS failed these kids.  It’s been said on here so many times.  Provide the support early K-3rd whatever that entails - pull outs, after school and summer tutoring, mentorship, etc….Hold them back a year in these grades if they are really struggling even with support to give them time. Just passing them every year does no good.   By high school, it’s way to late.

For some kids, even with all the support in the world, they still might not do well, then present and encourage other options like vocational tracks.  [/quote]

I totally agree with you (and live inbounds for Dunbar), except I would say it’s not just DCPS who failed these kids. Yes DCPS is failing these kids but also, literally everyone in this city is failing these kids.[/quote]

The city has a lot of social services and programs for these kids.  I know it is still not working but what should the city do?  [/quote]

I think they should rezone schools.[/quote]

I think for the most part these are good kids who just have a low literacy level. They’ve made it to high school without advancing in reading/writing/math past an elementary level.

I’m not sure how rezoning them to different schools would help them?

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Because putting a bunch of poor kids in the same school is a recipe for strife. The data is clear that kids do better in racially and economically integrated schools.[/quote]

You can rezone every student in DCPS, and still the (vast?) majority of students would not be in racially or economically integrated schools.[/quote]

This.  If you look at the demographics of DCPS high school students it is clear that rezoning would do nothing.[/quote]

Well we could mix Wards 2 and 3 into other schools and have honors classes.  That would do "something" but not sure it would help the kids that are failing at Dunbar. [/quote]

Even if you could make that happen, there aren't enough high performing (or even medium performing) students to make any difference.[/quote]

You would probably have to close down the charters, too, to make it work. [/quote]

UMC parents will not tolerate a HS that lacks a critical mass of high-SES peers.  I honestly think that a HS with 25 percent UMC would get buy-in from some folks, but not .0001%, which it is at all by-right schools excepting Wilson. [/quote]

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