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Well, you're talking about a short-term fix that addresses the needs of a few. Do you think DC is going to ATTRACT middle class families with the current system?What will attract them - a chance to MAYBE get into a school that they'd like to send their children to? And, no, not all middle class families will leave. As we saw during the school closings, some middle class families do want to stay and improve their neighborhood schools. Maybe those are the right families to be catering to, not the families who blame the community for all its problems while waving their tax statements around as if they're doing everyone a favor just by staying put. [b]This attitude of bowing down the demands of the more affluent families is the reason that the achievement gap in DCPS has grown over the past several years[/b].[/quote]

Oh, stuff it. It's ignorant to blame affluent families for the larger problems of DCPS. In fact, our efforts and tax dollars are the thing that prevents the "achievement gap" from becoming an achievement crater. Remember the late 1990s, a time before all these annoying, affluent taxpayers moved back to DC and invested in the system? Not exactly the golden days.[/quote]

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