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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like people offer answers like move because they want to comment but don’t have sophisticated answers tailored to the requestor’s topic.[/quote]

Well, it's not a very specific question. Sub-par in what way, and what is the parent's goal? Some people don't care about accelerated math, some people do.[/quote]

This is fair. OP doesn't even say the grade level. A sub-par elementary is not that hard to compensate for if you fill your home with books/reading and do some math supplementing. Unless the school is very disorganized or dangerous, in which case it could cause enough stress to make even that level supplementing hard. Compensating for a bad MS is harder, a bad HS is honestly basically impossible unless you are ready to homeschool.

We are at a Title 1 school in DC that is subpar in some ways (a lot of kids below grade level, poor facilities, the specials are not good, admin is weak). But the interesting thing is that the academics are great and my above grade level kid has had nothing but phenomenal teachers. I think basically to survive there as a teacher, you have to have great classroom control and excellent teaching technique, plus they get a compensation boost for title 1 status that I think helps attract more experienced teachers.

MS/HS is a harder solve for us unless we can get into a better feed by then. If not, we will move. Like OP, we can't afford the close in suburbs with good schools. We are looking at places like Howard or AA county. Long commutes but if we could live close to the school and get some work flexibility, we could make it work.[/quote]

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