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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The type of curriculum on offer at any particular DCPS ES or MS is much less relevant to most of us in the Stanton Park neighborhood than the percentage of high-SES families involved.  With a yuppie-run PTA, you get the momentum and resources you need to do all kinds of wonderful things; without one, you're left with what DCPS does on its own.  What DCPS does on its own is run one of the several lowest-performing urban school districts in the country.  Just look at EotP JKLM schools, which practically run themselves.  Just look at Maury, raising money to hire aides to facilitate pullout instruction for remedial work.  Just look at Brent, where parents virtually handpick faculty, raise grant money and kick in six figures for extra staff for enrichment (pullout math for advanced learners, Chinese, extra music, art, computers, science etc.), then push DCPS to foot the bill for extras.

I could care less if SWS offers a loosey goosey curriculum or not; I care how many well-educated and high-earning parents are on board.  I don't say this to avoid offending parents who feel differently, particularly the Cluster crowd.  The IB curriculum won't be relevant at Eliot-Hine for the middle-class families here before dozens of high-SES/white kids enroll.  Since that's not in the cards, at least without a test-in program, E-H isn't on the radar for any of us a hop, skip and a jump into NE.  Worst case, we simply want to enjoy a few more years in the city before we move, or head to a MS charter or private.
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Speaking as an SWS parent I think you'd be disappointed in the SWS family community.  It's pretty inclusive and not as "yuppy" as you seem to think.  There's nothing "loosey goosey" about the curriculum either -- it's just a different educational model.  From my experience, SWS is more about the kids than the parents anyway.[/quote]

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