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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is a disconnect above between the use of "IB" to mean "in-boundary" and the use in the phrase "IB certification" that refers to an International Baccalaureate program certification for the schools. I am a NW parent of a middle schooler and a high schooler that has observed the Capital Hill parents' struggle with schools via DCUM (and the 2013 boundary review) with empathy for the past 10 years DCPS is not interested in doing what it takes to address the needs of the high performing high SES students on Capital Hill. [b]DCPS cannot see the forest for the trees, they are afraid of the political cost of doing what it takes to create a viable feeder path as they will be seen as pandering to high SES families. Nevermind that it woudl create a better educational path for many kids, including lower SES kids.[/b] That causes angst. I love our home in upper NW. That said, if we did not have children we would not be living here, we would be on Capital Hill or Dupont Circle or somewhere else more urban. Many of us parents in both locales are both good people and difficult to deal with when our kids' educations are at risk. [/quote] This is a great post, PP. My question from here on Capitol Hill is, at what point do we reach a tipping point politically, where "pandering to high SES families" is no longer fraught with such political risk that DCPS can see the forest for the trees. Are we talking five years out, ten, fifteen? Too late for my own children surely, but will the better educational path ultimately be created, perhaps once the "temporary" Mayoral control of ed Fenty brought us is finally a thing of past? When will an elected school board with real power return?? When will city council members start to get voted out because they're not bothering to create the viable feeder path high SES families in their catchment areas want? Two decades hence? Obviously, nobody has the answers, but predictions would be interesting to consider.[/quote]
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