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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were inbounds for Brent but moved out IB for Lafayette in large part because the middle school situation on the Hill is hopeless for the foreseeable future. Frankly, neither SH nor Jefferson are acceptable middle school options. Arguing which one is better makes little sense.

I don't see either one improving acceptably any time soon either. It is very hard for a school with a high FARMs population to do well, and the FARMs percentages are not getting diluted any time soon for all the reasons PP mentioned. [/quote]

Not something everybody likes but the ability kids (and their parents) now have to select advanced course options, both core and elective, provides opportunities at SH for kids to grow that other schools, charters included, don't offer. The children I know, including my own, feel challenged, inspired, part of a community, as well as all around safe at SH.

On a separate note: I'm loathe of the principal dissing, whether it be this school or another. Sandwiched between kids, teachers, parents, school districts, and often politicians and the public, they have among the most difficult tasks of all. Acting as the principal of the Cluster School (ranging from PS3 to 8th grade) is a particularly challenging. With DCPS' management demands on principals escalating in recent years, you won't find person as competent as the current principal to even remotely accomplish this. I personally would prefer those schools to have their own principal for sure, and that may well happen, but to insinuate that there are dealings that need "light shed on them" or that somehow the PTA should "have a handle" demonstrates a mean spirit and incompetence. This is a good old "how to best manage" question. No more and no less.[/quote]

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