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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP what if you were told that people in other parts of the city didn’t want successful students all clustered in your neighborhood while leaving theirs to go to Deal or Wilson?[/quote]

I'm in another part of the city and I'm not sending my kids to our zoned middle or high school, and neither are most of the people who live here. And not because they're at Deal/Wilson. I think it would be far better if we all did, but closing off one alternative isn't going to make that happen. (And DCPS has options to make other schools more attractive that they aren't using.)[/quote]

What other options are available? I'm in favor of magnet schools strategically placed thru out the city. Easier said than done but you have to start somewhere..[/quote]

Tracking, and particularly the kind of math options that Deal offers. We have buildings that can handle more students and already have administrators, so we need more kids there, not additional schools in those areas. And it's not about building renovations, it's about curricula and peer group and the two go together. [/quote]

Agreed...But I dont' think DC can actually track according to a court order as some have alluded too. Don't need any new buildings just programming...[/quote]

They're doing it at Deal. They have multiple math levels. [/quote]

This back and forth illustrates the fundamental problem with all of these discussions and why I think the issue persists without a plan or clarity as to why there isn't a plan. As a starting point I would suggest people stop using the word "tracking". Besides having a historical and cultural meaning can sound like a dog whistle to some, it isn't a defined term that everyone understands to mean the same thing. As a result it also results in some people dismissing "tracking" as a non-starter out of some mangled interpretation of a "court order" when no court prohibits "tracking"; to the extent they ruled on anything it would have been specific policies (or outcomes).

If you continue to scream "Yes, Tracking!", "No TRACKING" at each other without defining what you mean then it continues to be what most of DCUM usually is, useless, childish shouting. [/quote]

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