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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's be clear...the number of kids getting 3.8+ at DCPS middle schools is ENORMOUS and in no way allows SWW to differentiate between the "top" students and kids who simply complete work.  What the grade threshold does do is eliminate kids who don't complete the work (and who are more likely to be behavior issues). Now, it's not a bad thing for a school to be full of kids who complete work and aren't causing trouble...that's definitely SWW's main advantage. But let's not kid ourselves into thinking that this school is full of academic high flyers.[/quote]

I am A-OKAY with weeding out the behavior issues and nothing else!
Signed a rising 9th grade Walls Parent[/quote]

Understandable.  But I am a Walls parent too (one at JR and one at Walls) and folks should understand that this is really the main advantage of the school.  Folks should go in with their eyes wide open that they won't be surrounded by academic superstars, nor will they have better teachers (fwiw, I think my JR student has had, overall, better teachers).[/quote]

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