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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]A middle school cannot succeed broadly without a majority of students (not 90% but something above 2/3s) that arrive at grade level. The same for high schools.[/b]  DCPS is unwilling to make changes to feeder patterns to ensure that a high percentage of the students in Capital Hill middle schools are prepared, SH comes closest.  Because of the lack of successful middle schools, there is not a chance that neighborhood high schools will have enough prepared students.

That plus parents are unwilling to let their children be social experiments.

[b]Charters provide families with alternative pathways.[/b]

It all equals a poor chance of a critical mass of prepared students at more than SH.  SH has been on the brink of wide acceptance as a great option for as long as I have been reading DCUM and my kids are in middle (Deal) and high school (SWW).

FWIW, my older child attends SWW and has multiple friends from SH and they are very academically successful (and delightful) kids.
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LOL. How many charter schools in DC actually meet your 2/3 metric?

And can we please dispense with this “social experiment” language? It’s both offensive and cliche.

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Please point me to the middle schools that are successful without a majority of the students at grade level when students enter the school? They do not need to be in DC, show then to me anywhere.  I am not being sarcastic, I would love to learn I am wrong.

I am sorry you do not like how I phrased it, but I have seen no evidence that parents that have a choice will send their children to a failing school in large enough numbers to make a difference.   It is a chicken/egg problem.  [/quote]

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