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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] ....this school is miles better than the school that a child could be going to in a different part of the district? And that child going to a different school in a different part of the district is in high danger of not finishing high school, forget attending college? I think numbers like that for this demo, is astounding. [/quote]

I suspect that the [b]difference between Latin HS and Ballou is probably pretty great, in terms of day to day experience.[/b]    So, to be headed to Towson next year after 4 yrs of Latin is an improvement over the typical outcome for kids who start out at Ballou and eventually drop out, enter the penal system, have a baby, or graduate illiterate.

But I have a sneaking suspicion that OP and others like OP 1) [b]aren't faced with the choice between a Dunbar and Latin [/b]and 2) wonder why kids like OP's aren't better positioned to gain entrance to UVA coming from Latin HS.  That's all.

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What I think people don't understand is that many of these parents that select Latin, are not running TO Latin as much as they are running AWAY from Ballou, Anacostia, Coolidge, etc.  They want their child to have a shot at doing something better.  Latin has some students that can't seem to get out of their environment even while at school.  Many do not have stellar GPAs and they have behavior issues.  They try not to suspend or even expell these students (although they have done this), because with the child in school, at least they are safe and not out on the streets in their neighborhood doing who knows what.  This is not and most likely never will have the college acceptances of an application high school as long as they are open to the city, and students peel off after 8th grade (more potential for 9th graders that come from "those wards").  Latin has the curriculum and the tools in place for students to be accepted into Ivies.  I'm sure there are a number of students whose transcripts look just like a student from Walls, but maybe just decided not to apply to an Ivy or Top school for whatever reason.[/quote]

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