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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, but the best schools in this city are still neighborhood schools, almost all of them in Upper NW, with very few OOB spots.  Few charters have good facilities.

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The Upper NW schools have some of the highest test scores in the city due to the socio economics of the neighborhoods. However, there are great schools in this city like BANNEKER--a high school that has students from across the city, is 100% MINORITY and has THE HIGHEST TEST SCORES FOR ANY SCHOOL IN DC. White parents have chosen not to send their kids there because they don't feel "comfortable."  That's a choice. If you want to talk charters, have you seen the test sores at DC Prep, KIPP, Washington Latin, Basis.  They are in the game with upper NW, and oh yeah--they are majority black. As far as the facilities go...are you kidding me? You must not get out much.  Some of these buildings are award worthy.

"Best schools" is a relative term.  The fact that LT is able to serve their current population so well is a testament to the quality of the school.  If IB LT parents don't want to send their kids to LT, that's their choice.  But the fact that they don't feel comfortable with the current community does not make it a bad school. It simply makes it a school that they would not choose for their child.  
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