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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for your post PP. I am not a Maury parent (didn't get my kid in ps3!), but it is our inbound school. My lovely block has kids going to Stuart Hobson, Eliot-Hine, Latin, SWW, Basis, DCI, Maret, WIS, Capitol Day, and many more. We all respect and admire those sending their kids to Stuart or E-H. There are definitely pluses and minuses for every school mentioned above. No need to assume we all need to move or pray for a charter. [/quote]

What is there to respect or admire in a parent sending their kids to Stuart of E-H?  Every parent tries to find the best fit for their kid.  The parents sending their kids to Stuart or E-H think those schools are the best for their kids.  To "respect and admire" them sounds patronizing.[/quote]

Not the PP, but maybe she means that the parents of kids at SH or EH are really involved in making those schools better and that's what she respects and admires? I kind of feel the same way about the families who send kids to SH (I don't know anyone who has kids at EH) perhaps because I simply don't have the energy or the inclination for doing it myself. I have an 8th grader, and frankly by the time he got to 5th grade and could go to a "good" charter for middle school and high school, I sent him and haven't looked back. There is fundraising and the need for some parental involvement at his new school, but it's not exhausting in the way that working to improve his Capitol Hill elementary was. I admire the stamina of parents who are still so devoted to improving their local school after working at it for 6 or 7 years. I'm done. [/quote]

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