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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so tired. All of the people I know that went there, and wanted to stay, but were met with little more than an eye roll from Cobbs have long since left this discussion.

Cobbs gave the people attending the school from OOB what they wanted.  She didn't placate the people in the neighborhood that wanted to see changes.  You can kvetch all you want about that one way or another, she/they taught these OOB kids as well as can be expected, but whatever she did/didn't do didn't make it a neighborhood school.

Pp - good luck with that "getting a group of parents" together to stick it out. They'll be made to feel welcome by the new principal or they won't. That defines what happens to LT over the next few years.  It becomes the next Brent, or it stats what it is and nails down the basics for a group of kids that need it.  Both meet a DCPS need - now let's all see what happens...[/quote]

Give me a break!  What did the people attend the school from OOB want from Cobbs except a school that taught their kids?  What did the so called IB parents "who wanted to stay" want?  What precisely is it you think the school needs to do to become a "true neighborhood school" beyond doing a very good job at teaching its students?  Be fucking specific if you can, because right now few have any idea what you're talking about.

The school is undeniably doing a fine (and improving) job of educating the kids that choose to attend, whether they be OB or IB.  As an IB parent, all this hand wringing about percentages of "OB" or "low-SES" kids seems stupid and it makes me think you haven't been to the school lately.  The PK3 through K classrooms are diverse with at least 50% of the kids being IB white kids, if that's so freaking important.  From 1st grade through 5th, there is a higher percentage of OB brown kids who are evidently doing quite well on the standardized tests being administered.  Dwindling choices and the fact that LT is doing a good job should keep more IB parents in LT through the higher grades.[/quote]

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