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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Peabody/ Watkins has a new principal that started last year (rough year to start) but seems great. After 8 years with a principal that divided the school, I would give it a chance. Also, when looking at boundaries, DCPS does have a proximity preference. Since the boundaries are so crazy a lot of people are able to use this preference to get into another school.

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A lottery preference provided to students who live greater than a half-mile walking distance from their DCPS in-boundary elementary school and apply to attend a DCPS out-of-boundary school that is a half-mile or less walking distance from their home. This preference only applies to students enrolling in PK3 – grade 5. Proximity preference is not offered at DCPS citywide schools. The application will automatically apply this preference based on the guardian's home address provided on the application.[/quote]

The way he handled the split between distance learning and in-person last year was a disaster and refused to acknowledge or alter his plans once it became apparent to everyone that there were issues. His arrival has just been a bandaid on systemic problems at the school. Peabody is great, but Watkins would be far down my list. The wounds that the previous principal created have not healed - she perpetuated genuine racial and economic issues that would leave parents in tears and parents fighting other parents. Look at the disastrous discourse around the shuttle from one campus to the other that was blew up the only way many working parents could make two campuses work. Woke vs race vs economic. Avoid.[/quote]

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