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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, but the fact remains that the most of the 60 plus white kids are still Watkins grads. They came up through Peabody and Watkins, vs. other SH feeders and DCPS elementary schools that don't feed into SH.  There's still loyalty to SH among Cluster families, built on the belief that the school is as good a middle choice as BASIS or Latin, within in-name-only Cluster pyramid.

There's also an unfortunate reluctance to scrutinize SH's academic deficiencies within the white parent group, along with the lack of socioeconomic and racial diversity among students. Where are the Asian students, where is the Latino cohort, where are the UMC AA students? The insularity of the arch liberal UMC group at SH is a drag.  Advocating for more honors classes isn't on their agenda.

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Well given that, per the PARCC results, L-T had more graduating white kids than Watkins last year (and the number at Watkins was less than 10), it seems like Watkins might want to think about what's going to happen to the precious white population at SH if it keeps up that attitude.

Also, given that overall, L-T had almost as many white kids in the testing grades as Watkins overall (53 v 56) despite each Watkins grade being considerably larger (L-T and Watkins are similar in size -- off by like 18 -- despite L-T having PK-K at the school), I think it might be time for Watkins to realize it is no longer well position to be the guardian of white kids zoned for SH, since apparently they needed one since your initial post was premised not on which feeder had the most kids at SH, or even the most not at-risk kids at SH, but the most white kids at SH.[/quote]

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