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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many, perhaps most, white, Asian, Latino and upper-middle-class AA parents in this city simply won't send their kids to a majority AA high school.   The same parents, who are often fine with a majority AA ES, worry about HS peer influences when most of the kids are from lower-middle-class or low-income families, as is the case with DCPC AA kids.  ES GT and MS test-in programs could change the calculus, but none appear to be on the way.  Concern about yet another majority AA HS without the right academic inputs lower down is an unspoken problem at Latin.  A large and possibly insurmountable problem for the parents of most of the strongest high school students in the city.  Walls and Wilson have the same problem.

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I have to chime in here.  How can this be anything other than baloney?  This is Washington Latin's 2nd - 2nd folks! - graduating class and they have kids accepted to Bowdoin, Brown and Cornell along with someone with a full free ride to GW.  Cleary these prestigious schools don't think the program lacks rigor.  But in addition to rigor I want the nurturing environment that previous posters have mentioned and Latin has it in spades.  I'm a sappy person, I admit, but the communication I receive from the school frequently brings tears to my eyes b/c it is so thoughtful and caring.  As far as I can tell, decisions by school leaders are made with great integrity and it is that integrity they are hoping their students learn.  This is more importiant to me than offering my DC math classes 5 levels above grade.  [/quote]

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