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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]08:56  Amen from another sister who could have written your post as well.  The unhinged poster has been all over this forum lately.  I will just have to pray for her because she has the precise type of negative attitude that I have no interest in being around or having my children around.  My kids go to a very diverse school for DC which no one is running away from because the parents there are fully engaged with their kids as well as the school.  And for what it's worth, I don't think DCPS is failing.  I think it has actually gotten better.  Ten years ago there was no way I would have put my kids in DCPS.  I would have surely gone private.  Today, I see the system making real efforts to improve even though the wheels of change turn slowly in government.  I also think there are far too many parents in DC who are failing their kids and looking at DCPS as a scape goat.  My heart cries for these children.  My sister is a social worker.  The vast majority of DCUM posters could not imagine in their worst nightmare the environments many of these children are somehow managing to navigate through.  The stories are hearbreaking--and every one of these children have a story, so be careful when you judge them.  They need soooo much. Some of the brokeness is beyond DCPSs ability to fix.[/quote]

08:56 here and I have noticed the "unhinged" poster all over DCUM.  But you make an EXTREMELY valid point, actually several!  So much of what gets pinned on DCPS is far outside of their sphere of influence.  If children are not nutured and cared for, provided for and protected in their home environments, there is very little that the school can do for them, although we ultimately hold the schools accountable for their success.  DCPS is moving in the right direction but I assume that they have been stagnant for so long that parents want to see faster progress.  No one wants to here how the school once your child has left, we want to feel the progress.  I often think about the children that have very few people advocating for them, the ones your sister obviously works with, but here is the kicker, while my heart breaks for them I'm anxious about their influence on my child! My child has come home from school singing songs I've never played in DC's presence, DC has been hit and pushed by other kids and REGULARLY tells me about the profanity used by other kids....AND DC IS ONLY IN PRE-K!!!  :shock:  Sure, kids will be kids and it's all about them learning to manage and defend themselves but where does it end?  Should I not be concerned now knowing that it will only get worse as children age and it's less about hitting and more about inappropriate touching, sex and drugs?  [/quote]

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