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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd venture that these "awesome" schools everyone got into as of ~2nd grade aren't really all that awesome. [/quote]

+1.  Unfortunately there's the upper NW WoTP public schools, SWS, and maybe Brent, and then only Yu Ying for a charter school.  Otherwise, anything for ES is substandard.  OK, the lottery seems to work, but to what end? We couldn't even get into substandard Stokes.  Look at the test scores before you go off raving about mediocrity. If you're EoTP and not in one of the foregoing (drop Stokes), it's very likely your kid isn't being challenged.  But keep drinking the Kool Aid and being thankful that I'm no longer competing with you for a substandard school.

EoTP needs an honors / gifted track program to keep and educate high SES kids, and more counselors and aides to help troubled youth.  Otherwise we're just kidding ourselves with foolish gimmicks.  [/quote]

Explain your inclusion of Yu Ying in this list and exclusion of, let's say DC Prep from it.  Why?  And yes I'm well aware of differences between the schools, but if you're going on test scores, it's DC Prep all the way.  So please explain what criteria you're basing your statement above on?  And why Yu Ying as the only charter you include?[/quote]

I'm also curious about the inclusion of SWS over every other EOTP school since its oldest class hasn't reached testing age yet.  Well, I guess I know the answer, but demographics don't tell us squat about how effective the school is at teaching its students.  [/quote]

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