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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the attitude is "you're auditioning for us" and not the other way around. This is partially a result of parents, especially from upper caucausia, to see themselves as the saviors of DCPS due to keep their kids in the system.  All these cries of "...or else we'll go private" really don't endear you to the rest of the city - or even, as you've seen, the HS staff and students.[/quote]

I'm sure there's some truth to the idea of prospective Walls parents being annoying with their requests to visit, etc. Fact is, though, that every other school in the area (public, private, and charter) allows students (and parents) to visit before they're admitted. So Walls can fight this and believe that they can get away with it, but their admissions stats last year seem to indicate that they won't get away with it for much longer. Sure, DCPS will let the "Walls way" go on and on because Walls has good test scores, but they have good test scores because they screen all applicants for grades and test scores. So good test scores tell you absolutely nothing about the quality of the school. It's a buyer's market now.[/quote]

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