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The situation conflicts with the positive messages kids hear about valuing diversity. It would be interesting to get their take on how it affects them. At the same time though, most of the kids I know are really happy at Wilson.

On the importance of this issue - well I think it's important [u]if one group is able to extract the best education out of a school and others are not able to[/u] - I think that is a problem that DCPS is fixated on. We can argue about whether or not it is important but the fact remains the next principal will have to address it.[/quote] This is the crux of the matter, though. If you arrived at Wilson with Geometry already completed, and finish with CalBC, is that a better outcome than if you arrive at Wilson in need of remediation/not ready for Algebra 1 but still get out with Algebra 2 successfully completed? What if you arrived with no foreign language, but make it through French 4 vs the native speaker who takes AP in 9th grde? In some areas of curriculum it may be possible to improve 2 or more grade levels in a year, but math and science are less forgiving. I think the school should be judged more by individual progress ( eg improved reading 4 grade levels in 2 yrs,  no change in reading levels in 2 years for instance) and not so much on achievement gaps. Those gaps were there when the students enrolled, are pre-existing. I'd argue that moving a kid from 9th to 12 grade math in 4 years is equivalent to moving a child from 6th grade level to 10th in math in the same time frame.
I think Wilson could do more to encourage high scoring minority kids to take honors classes.[/quote]

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