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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop it with praising the SH honors classes -- they aren't on par with Deal's and they are basically grade-level. This is not enough to attract parents of high performing students.[/quote]

They serve the students enrolled.  If more students enrolled they would start to look more like other schools with families committed to public education in neighborhood schools.

There's a wide misconception about overall aptitude levels.  Teachers teach to level of any course and do not dumb down the curriculum to serve under achieving students.  The school, including but not limited to classroom teachers, may offer help or remediation but the course is the course. Even in struggling schools a 6th grader will be taught at 6th grade level, not the median level of enrolled students' achievement level.

If students are offered Algebra I it doesn't make a big difference if the rest of the class is proficient or worse.  I'd argue behavioral issues have a greater impact than achievement levels..  It's a different story if your child is ready for Algebra II or more advanced and they're stuck in I due to lack of alternatives.  There are very few public MS in DC which will offer highly accelerated course options (BASIS and?).  Deal's advanced options aren't THAT advanced either.[/quote]

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