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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can see the advantages of a rigorous application school, but I'd rather see every schools capable of effectively serving students of any ability.  DC wants it both ways -- no accelerated schools but [u]offer little to meet needs of advanced learners in many MS and up[/u].

I don't want or need my child segregated on any level but I do need my child to be sufficiently challenged.  If DCPS can't figure out a way to effectively serve advanced learners it leaves me little choice but to pursue other options.[/quote]

I don't have children in DCPS MS or HS, so I'm wondering about the underlined part.  Is it really true that DCPS doesn't do anything to support advanced learners?  I'd heard before that DCPS has honors/advanced classes within each school, which suggests that the more advanced students will get grouped in those classes.  Indeed, I'd heard that at schools like Wilson, there's almost a school-within-a-school, because the relatively small subset of honors-class kids effectively takes almost all of their classes together.  Is that accurate?  Or did I hear wrong?[/quote]

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