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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We thought the physical plant at McKinley was great, especially the engineering lab.  The teachers also seemed dedicated and accomplished.

Unfortunately, for us, we were hoping the school was akin to Blair Magnet or TJ, but it is absolutely not anywhere close.  We wish DCPS would transform McKinley into a DC TJ, but that doesn't seem like it will ever happen.

The commute was too much for us as well...if it was located where Walls is located (or anywhere in central DC) then the calculation would have been different[/quote]

There just aren't that many educated/education-pushing households with high school aged kids in DC compared to the TJ or Blair catchment areas.[/quote]

Banneker is the DC TJ[/quote]

WTF are you taking about? Banneker is literally not even remotely the TJ equivalent.[/quote]

Banneker is actually more impressive than TJ in terms of the values of public education. [/quote]

Explain.[/quote]

Banneker is basically a high school HBCU that prepares lower and mid-SES DC students extremely well for college. It is the kind of “gifted” program with high expectations that should be replicated for ES and MS. Banneker gives lie to the calumny that “gifted education and tracking are racist.” Note I am NOT interested here in people who want to trash Banneker’s SAT scores compared to TJ or whatever. The point is that it is offering a free, rigorous college prep curriculum to a student body that stands to benefit the most from it.

Of course TJ is also extremely important to prepare the best and the brightest for careers necessary for society. (Although I do wonder if the stress I understand is involved in TJ admissions is actually necessary.) [/quote]

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