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[quote=Anonymous]People who say that Ward 5 demographics need to change should come for a visit sometime. There are many many middle class, educated families, white, African American, black, bi-racial, etc. in Ward 5. But few of us-not all, but certainly not most-are choosing the public schools. I could probably count over one hundred kids in Brookland in just a few minutes, all of whom are in charters or private schools. The public school options, by and large, are just not good enough, and they certainly don't offer anything special, like language immersion, or a true magnet program. The best we have over here is Montessori, and even those programs are few and far between, and of uneven quality. Whether it's a new school that's needed, or just a kick up a notch in the current DCPS offerings, I don't know. And what it would take to lure Ward 5's middle class families to DCPS- I don't know that either. But what I do know is this: Ward 5 demographics aren't the problem.[/quote]
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