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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What cynical arguments. Why not just learn from how Brent is pulling this off and try to replicate? There’s no shortage of Title 1 schools with better buildings than Brent’s, even just on CH, e.g. Payne, Monet JO Wilson.  [/quote]

Ok, but then:

(1) What is Brent doing that other schools should be doing? No one can explain it beyond the demographic issues and having an unusually good principal. How do you replicate that?

(2) What do all the schools that don't have better buildings than Brent do?

I'm with the poster above who said that putting this all on individual schools is going to create a massive political problem for DCPS. Richer schools with nicer facilities will figure it out, and poorer schools in ancient buildings will not, and the existing inequities are just going to get worse and worse.

Bring back bussing.[/quote]

wtf do demographics have to do with it? seriously. [/quote]

It is easier to reopen a school for students whose parents don't work out of the house, who don't have to take public transportation to work/school, who don't have as many behavioral issues related to poverty. It's easier to convince teachers to come to work with these students. It's easier to have a well-funded PTA if most of your parents are UMC, and it's easier for a well-funded PTA to pay for facility improvements, PPE, and other safety measures, which will, again, make it easier to convince teachers to come back. It's easier to communicate with parents if they are mostly from the same socio-economic class, live in the same neighborhood, and largely have similar lifestyles and values. It's easier to get those parents to agree to a plan of action.

Should I go on? Demographics are huge. Brent is a majority white, majority UMC, school in a city that is majority POC with endemic poverty issues. This is ALL about demographics.[/quote]

So no kid in DCPS should return to in-person learning because some school communities can't swing it right now?  Think about what you're arguing.  You want an exodus of UMC white parents from diverse DCPS elementary schools to  private schools and the burbs because the WTU is catering to teachers in high poverty schools and communities?  How will the exodus help poor minority kids?  It won't.  When a school like Brent reopens, there's light at the end of the tunnel for the rest of us.[/quote]

I’m not arguing anything if the sort. Of course I think schools should open. I’m simply pointing out that demographics are hugely relevant here and there’s a reason Brent is doing better than other schools. To pretend otherwise doesn’t help us actually discern what can be learned from Brent’s success. If we want other schools to do what Brent us doing, DCPS and the Mayor’s office need to support those schools in the ways that Brent’s wealthy parents currently support  Brent. We can’t expect families that are significantly less privileged than those at Brent to magically accomplish the same thing without resources.[/quote]

it’s almost as if DCPS should have come up with a system-wide plan! Oh, wait ... [/quote]

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