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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn't just on the Hill.[b] Parents who choose to send their kids to DC public schools rather than private schools or rather than moving to suburbs are very protective and at times defensive of their decision and of the schools, and they also are hyper-sensitive about the public perception of those schools,[/b] because to a great extent the quality of a neighborhood public school is a function of whether or not neighborhood families keep choosing to send their kids there.

A lot of parents send their kids to DCPS elementary schools but are thinking they may leave the system for middle school. Then when a few parents pull their kids out  into private schools in the 3rd or 4th grade and it starts a mini-panic among those still in the elementary. People want to be assured that they are doing the right thing for their kids. [/quote]

Yes, and to such an extent that they deny or refuse to believe there are serious safety issues, and thus nothing gets done to ameliorate the situation.  This attitude is highly prevalent on the Hill, and I'd say rather acute in the Cluster.[/quote]

Oh God. You again. Please take the summer off for all our sakes.[/quote]

No, I'm not God, but I am a parent who cares. You ought to try that caring flavor for yourself.  Therein lies the endemic problem with the Cluster.[/quote]

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