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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Finding  this a very interesting conversation.  A few points I would bring up from the meeting for 8th graders.
 - Is anyone tracking the data to see if this works or not.  I have to admit, I was against this as it seemed arbitrary but if it does indeed increase the number of low SES kids in high classes - I am all for it.  
- I also liked the description of this breaking down and integrating social circles better.  But, again - I will be curious to see if it really works.  I find my kids at Deal already have a fairly diverse group of friends.

- Finally, was anyone else bothered by her apparent dislike/apathy towards Deal kids?  No open house, no shadow days prior to doing the application process.  Several comments about how Deal kids already know everything about Wilson because we share a campus.  Very odd.  My kids have never been in Wilson...[/quote]

OP here - I am in total agreement with your points.  Also, my kids have been to the Wilson Theater and the Wilson pool, they have never been inside the school building.  I thought the idea that Deal kids would be familiar with the school completely clueless and insensitive, familiarity with the neighborhood is not familiarity with the school.  I understand the challenges of a shadow day option when you have 500 or more potential incoming kids, but her "my way or the highway" attitude was off-putting.  She did come across as a strong leader and caring about the kids' education, but she is also a SJW that is trying to use the Wilson resources of strong kids to bring up struggling kids.  I think this is a priority for DCPS in general so I suspect this plays well downtown, and I also would support it if it is working and benefiting all the kids.  That is the million dollar question.

[b]One issue that puzzles me is why there are significant ongoing achievement gaps at Wilson.[/b]  The school basically has no OOB slots available beyond those students that are coming in through the two feeders, Deal and Hardy, which are both strong middle schools.  I would expect strong across the board achievement given this background.  
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This doesn't puzzle me at all.  Some kids come from a background that is so lacking in resources beginning early in life, that simply attending school with rich/middle class kids won't bring them up to speed by high school.[/quote]

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