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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Often the notion of "improving the neighborhood school" comes from what parents coming from areas outside of DC have as their own experiences from their own schools growing up, and can recognize what is working and what is broken, as opposed to some who have always been here and have never seen something working correctly in the first place, and who therefore think broken is normal and how it's supposed to be.  Many of us from outside have differing experiences, and differing perspectives on the pros and cons.

Prior to moving to DC, I lived in several different places each having their own sets of issues in the schools, the last town we came from had rampant corruption, cronyism and nepotism, and teachers literally did not get jobs in the public school system unless there was an envelope of cash changing hands, but amazingly everyone knew it, accepted it and they considered that to be normal.  It's all in what your experiences and perspectives are...[/quote]

Exactly. Up until 5 or so years ago, it was completely normal for DCPS schools to not actually have any books at the start of the school year. That was completely unacceptable as the demographics of the school system started to change. Why? Because it became a huge political liability. Why? Because DCPS parents stopped tolerating it.

There were about a million other things, but different folks prioritize differently.[/quote]

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