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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read more carefully. You are proving my point. Yes, we know that the deal neighborhood was not using deal in big numbers until after dr.kim. But the fact that the school is located in a wealthy, well-educated neighborhood--with successful feeder elementaries--allowed the school to build on its momentum by having automatic entry for large numbers of successful students coming from a) the neighborhood and b) the strong feeder elementary schools.

That won't work in other parts of the city where a neighborhood school gets a great principal, great curriculum but the large numbers of inboundary students have academic and social issues and the feeder elementary schools are failing to teach the basic academics to a 6th grade level.

Banneker works without the neighborhood because it is a selective admissions school that lets in the best, brightest and most motivated regardless of SES. The city outside of upper northwest maybe needs more of that[/quote]

Banneker works?  Ever met a Banneker student with SATs in the 700s?   Banneker is too little, too late for most of their top performers.   I quit interviewing Banneker students for my Ivy a few years back, after a decade of commitment, because I wasting my time and coming away from interviews shaking my head, year after year.  The most promising students obviously weren't being well served by the system, without much in the way of ES or MS offerings for advanced learners.  DCPS doesn't seem to want to face the reality that the best, brightest and most motivated parents and students rarely choose programs that are overwhelmingly black, if they have appealing alternatives, because the country isn't.  [b]Sadly, Banneker's leadership, and teaching staff, doesn't seem to want a highly diverse student body, which I see as a disservice to the kids[/b].   They aren't know to lobby for change, they merely pay lip service to it occasionally.  The school is a throwback to days gone by.  I'm looking forward to interviewing AA BASIS seniors in a few years.  [/quote]

After spending time at the school and attending their open houses and other presentations, I don't believe this to be true.  It's a mythical story that keeps getting repeated over and over again and that is a disservice to the school.[/quote]

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