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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  My point isn't to disparage the above ES programs.  There's a lot of shared angst from Hill families about MS prospects. Charters, private schools and moving have been the prefered 5th grade options for Hill families.  If you like your DCPS ES but not MS options on the Hill (or most anywhere in DCPS), you'd have to have your head in the sand to feel at least some angst.  You can hear some of the same angst on this board about Deal, and my WoPP friends are still on the fence about Deal for their ES kids.[/quote]

This is true.  Deal isn't everybody's cup of tea, too crowded and crazy, not enough challenge for all.  Neither is Latin or Basis.

What I see happening at Brent, although it isn't PC to mention it, is that a new generation of more affluent and less liberal parents is arriving with a somewhat different agenda than those who committed themselves to turning the school around 6 or 7 years ago.

The new group is less inclined to embrace socioeconomic diversity for its own sake (including AA parents who want their kids in mostly white schools).  These parents are the types who might have headed to NW or the burbs until very recently, but are willing to give DCPS a try, at least for ES.  They're less tolerant of the DCPS status quo and afraid of being accused of racism for insisting on challenge for their children than the first group.  You're starting to see the generations clash on the PTA, albeit politely.  And you're already hearing angst about the weak MS feeder and charters that invariably cater to low-SES families from the parents of toddlers.  The new generation isn't going anywhere so, love 'em or hate 'em, the Hill needs to accomodate these guys.

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