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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a PP chimed in with "Not East Silver Spring" but we've had kids there for years and have had a great experience.

While it can be daunting to send your middle class white kid to a high FARMS and majority minority school, we've found that the mix of middle class social justice-oriented families and education-oriented immigrant families is a great mix.  One thing we have loved about the school is the high performing Black and Latino kids, obviously being spurred by parents who came to the US to give their kids a good shot at success.

There's one poster on DCUM who is really negative about the school, and maybe she had a bad experience, but that hasn't been our experience at all.  We've found solid teachers, a strong principal, and a really friendly and high achieving group of kids.  It's also a small school, which lends itself to the kind of "neighborhood school" environment that we were looking for.  [/quote]

We're AA and opted out of ESS. Not the only AA family we know to do so. In fact, I can easily think of at least 7 other AA families in the neighborhood (along Sligo, SS Ave, across from MC-Takoma, near Safeway, etc) that we know socially who are sending their DC to private school rather than ESS. None of us are affluent. I'm glad it is working for your family and many others whether white and MC or immigrant black and Latino. However, there are concerns we have about the achievement gap at ESS. I'm not sure if things would be different if we all were zoned for TPES/PBES because I have not looked at the test scores there. I have AA friends who are happy with other DCC ES than ESS, but I'm sorry, I don't know any AA families attending ESS who describe it as a great school. Please have the ones you know post their experiences on this thread or a new one. I'd love to see what I and others I know are missing.[/quote]

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