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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

You are right for high schools. But not middle school.

There are some classes labelled honored at SH that they aren't really advanced but grade level classes. There are some advanced foreign language and math classes at Deal, and at Hardy there are advanced math classes and some classes labeled honors.

Elsewhere it's the same as at elementary school - differentiation within the same class. 
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Kaya was "outraged"  :roll:  that some HS offered only a few AP classes while certain HSs offer many AP options. She vowed to do something about this. Then why is it ok for some MSs (2 identified by PP) to offer advanced classes and everyone else is left to rot? I haven't seen a single thing that explains why an application MS is not appropriate when there are application HS. If one of Bowser's campaign platforms was Alice Deal for all, why aren't they looking into these issues? People need to put Bowser to task on this. Give kids advanced options in all MSs, not just a select few OR have some application MS. [/quote]

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