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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the goal is to increase the enrollment of high-SES kids, DCPS would have to do specific things. Some of those things might make the school less attractive to low-SES kids, who are the vast majority of middle schoolers in DC.

So what do people want--a small school that is good for rich families whose kids are at or above grade level, or a big school? I know what posters on DCUM want. But that's not necessarily what DCPS does, or should, want. [/quote]

What you're saying makes sense, but isn't reflected in what's actually happening. [b] DCPS is trying to do things to be attractive to low SES kids, and almost no one is interested[/b].[/quote]

Was this a typo or an unintentional truth?

DCPS isn't trying to do things to be attractive to high SES families, so it's no surprise that almost none are interested.

It's doing a half-assed job of trying to do things to be attractive to lower SES families (Look!  More square footage and newer walls - send us your kids and pretend nothing else has changed!).

What's surprising is that [u]anyone[/u] is surprised that almost no-one is interested.[/quote]

I'm the OP.  Neither.  I meant that DCPS is pursuing programs that it thinks will be attractive to low SES families and they aren't working to attract the low SES families, and they aren't attractive to anyone else.  I gather that you agree with that statement. [/quote]

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