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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure DCPS feels that Wilson parents will dig into their pockets to make up the difference, while other parents at other schools do not have the resources to do so.[/quote]

This. I'm not a DC parent, but have been interested hearing about the schools as it relates to real estate. The expectation is that the PTA will pick up the slack, no? That's happening in the suburbs.... PTA expected to pay for playgrounds and equipment etc... Wilson seems to be falling pray to that squeeze even more so.[/quote]

There seems to be a pervasive mythology that Wilson is the demographic equivalent of Mann or Janney. It's not. One-third of Wilson's students qualify for free and reduced lunch. Half the student body is OOB. 75% of students are non-white. And hundreds of the students meet the definition of "at-risk". It is both unrealistic and unreasonable to assume that Wilson parents will/can/should privately pick up the slack for DCPS's failure to adequately fund one of its schools.[/quote]

Exactly. There are more at-risk students at Wilson that at Coolidge for example. I'm not sure how DCPS thinks at-risk students will be served with such a budget cut. Kaya et al  does not seem to understand demographics at all.[/quote]

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