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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds like what we're seeing here is further evidence of the changing of the guard, the generational shift between the early "reformers" and parents of younger kids discussed on the recent "is Brent best?" thread.

I find that parents of older kids tend to assume that we're "all good liberals in it together, celebrating fantastic diversity" when this isn't necessarily the case.  Those who enroll their children more for academic reasons than philosophical ones tend to do so quietly, and leave for the burbs or privates somewhere between K and 4th.

Having so many low-SES kids in 5th grade has impacted the 2012 DC-CAS scores.  Without them, Brent would have seen a higher proficient rate than 72% (a little lower than Two Rivers, but higher than Watkins, at 63%), probably in the 80s like the WotP schools.  Parents who check the scores on-line, but don't know that Brent's 5th grade looks very different from the lower grades, can't read between the lines without doing some field research.  And having so many kids who struggle in the highest grades acts as a deterrant to a critical mass of high-SES families staying through 5th, not just the MS feeder problem (some of us are heading out of DCPS and DC Charter for MS anyway).

I don't get why so posters sound shocked that not every parent is wild about having a lot of low-SES kids in a school in an increasingly affluent enclave.  Wouldn't you expect that?  We switched from the Cluster mainly to escape rowdy housing project children lacking basic skills who were monopolizing teachers' time.  As sorry as I feel for these children, I don't them want them in class with my DC, particularly when I have no guarantee of serious pull-out groups for advanced learners in any grade.

We can't have honest discussions about where to go from here if our community focus is on being PC and conforming (you must be a vocal diversity lover to belong, G/T program or not!).

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