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DCPS is not overflowing with options for kids who are [b]academically high-performing[/b]. If you're the kid who, say, did Algebra II in 8th grade, there are very limited academic options for you in this city. It's not like there's Walls, but there's also a selective program for kids who are great in math and science but can't make eye contact to save their lives. So the question is, does DCPS think they have an obligate to provide those kids with appropriate educations? Do you? Or do you think that appropriate-level classes for smart kids should be reserved for smart kids who are also, at 13 or 14, "bold, articulate, and engaged become our leaders"? For context, DC is an outlier here in terms of how they do admissions to selective high schools. [/quote]

This will be an unpopular opinion, but 'high-performing' in DCPS isn't what folks present. 4.0 GPA and parent insistence that their children are TAG says nothing. This isn't a FAPE for high-performing kids issue...put them in neighboring Arlington or MoCo and they'd be slightly above mediocre because they'd be with peers of helicopter parents pushing their 8th grade students to take Algebra II. That's just fast tracking, not actual genius and it burns kids out. Go to a lottery/GPA combo with equal ward quotas. [/quote]

Sounds like you are looking for more of a STEM based focused school like McKinley Tech or Thomas Jefferson in VA. Like many have said already Walls is a humanities based school.  Yes they have the good test scores in the city for Math but its not the focus.  AI is taking over right before our eyes many of the lucrative programming jobs will be lost in 20 years if not sooner.  Walls curriculum is focused on how history has shaped the world, thinking of the world as a global community, how can we make a positive impact in our communities and the world. The understanding of our fellow man and empathy for those less fortunate.  Ambassadors, Consulate Officers, Political Leaders, Lawyers. They have partnerships with GW which has partnerships with State Department which is literally 2 blocks away.  Developing independent, critical thinkers, and problem solvers of the next generation regarding national and global issues.  Being great at Math is awesome but think of emotional intelligence as well. Ideally a student would be great at both or at least working towards improving.  IMO.[/quote]

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