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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been talked about in hundreds of posts.  A true test in school of TJ caliber would skew so heavily white and high SES that it would never fly in DC. To make it appear more equitable, the standards would gave to be lowered for entry and well then you have Banneker, Mckninly and any other DC school.[/quote]

Why would it skew 'so heavily white'?  Most of the kids at TJ are Asian, whites are minorities there now.

BTW whites aren't the only ppl around here with high SES.[/quote]

Because the vast majority of kids who have the best test scores in DC are white. [/quote]

AA, high income family here.  My kid is advanced in every subject as are his peers.  Would prefer not to be lumped in your generalizations.
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You are the exceotion to the rule, and you know it.  Let's be realists.
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Whatever.  My kid is in DCPS.  He has every opportunity I had and I was raised in HoCo, MD.  Give me a break.  I don't really care if folks on this forum only care about SAT scores.  The funny thing is that I did terrible on my SATs, aced the bar exam and am now the big boss and make a ton of money.  Boy, those SAT scores really put me on a path to poverty.  [/quote]

This is not about SAT scores, it is about college readiness.  Clearly you went to law school, somewhere.  Without serious intervention I would bet the majority of the kids from our "top" schools will never get there.

Well I guess the real question is are you going to KEEP your kid in DCPS for middle and high school, while making a ton of money?  Wilson or BASIS?  Again, SWW #266, 50% college readiness, Banneker #466, 47.whatever, Duke Ellington 1772 27%?  McKinley fuggedabout it.  And Wilson is not even ranked or I did not get that far.

My dh comes from poverty and managed to pull himelf out through hard work despite an early shitty education.  No way would he do that to his kids just because he survived.  Are you saying you will?  Making them work hard is one thing.  Putting them at an obvious disadvantage when you have the money to do otherwise is incomprehensible to me.[/quote]

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