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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a great article, it address some things many white people will not admit. 
Just in that other forum I saw many comments saying to essentially leave Ward 3 out of it and fix ward 7 & 8.

No, it's not just ward 7 & 8, it's every school in wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 that is full of low SES children. Ward 3 is just the only ward with the absence of that.

While I agree ward 7 & 8 needs to be better the issue is not just that. White people do send their kids to schools beyond W3 BUT only at schools with a higher percentage of White families and areas that are becoming or are already gentrified.

But in DC in particular I will say another great issue is the leadership. When will we actually focus on low SES students so they do not become a reflection of their parents. I am not saying low SES families are incapable but the reality is they do not have access or awareness of everything a higher SES families does.

I am saying this as a Black teacher and years upon years of seeing interactions with all kinds of families. DCPS is not innovative, they do not give title 1 schools enough support. You will not find a freaking rooftop garden for 'horticultural therapy' at a title 1 school. And I am not saying that is what those kids need, I am saying there are less opportunities for them.

Money does create opportunity and DCPS invests it in the wrong places and doesn't give back to the school; academically, emotionally, or structurally. [/quote]

There needs to be more dialogue around these issues!  I am a parent at a Ward 3 elementary.  I know my kids have privileges that others do not.  I think it's completely unacceptable that schools serving low SES students are not getting what they need.  But I have ZERO trust in DCPS leadership to make the changes necessary to get this school system on track.  In the discussion around education, everything seems to quickly devolve into zero-sum game mentality.  It feels like some people think that, by pulling down kids in relatively higher performing schools, or re-allocating PTA money or whatever, then there will be "equity" because money has been moved around.  That's not equity.  That's just politics! 
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