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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I personally would not place my child in a school that is 99% FARMS.  The social atmosphere will be  different.  Usually kids from these types of backgrounds come to school with lots of social, cognitive,emotional,  and behavoirial problems.    I'm not saying that all FARM students fit this profile.  However, in DC it's most likely that these children come from dysfunctional homes where there is child abuse, substance abuse issues, and a list of other problems.   It could be a cultural shock listening to a four year verbalizing profanity and misogynistic words, but can't even recite the alphabet.  It will be a cultural shock to witness how angry, maladjusted, and unstable these students are.  Most of these students never been read to, never been told the words, "I love you", or their emotional needs were never met from the time they were infants.   Teachers spend a great deal of time trying to diffuse negative social behavior that teaching sometimes take a backseat.  Which means your child's needs aren't going to get met because the priorities of the FARM students are so much more important.  The needs of the FARM students are a priority.  The entire educational setting will be focus on assisting those students with the various issues that they bring to school.  The fact of the matter is that many poor inner-city children in DC are born to parents who don't give a damn.   So, when unstable parents bring children into the world, it is up to the schools to provide some form of stability, love, attention, and other unmet needs to these children.   I think there are some phenomenal teachers and specialists out there who do an amazing job with these students.   However, it's a difficult task. It's the reason why so many DCPS are problematic.  We have  a culture of children who are born from generations of poverty, child abuse, and other issues.  Teachers are forced to take on the role of a parent in these classrooms.

Also, it will be extremely difficult for you to establish friendships with the parents.  There is a provincial attitude and a strong level of  resistance with some DC residents (especially those from the lower class black communities) against integration and diversity.  So, you may encounter some negative attitudes and behaviors from the parents as well.

You have to ask yourself do you want to take a risk and make your child the sacrificial lamb? [/quote] PP, your portrayal of the nature of poverty in DC suggests great ethnographic insight. How, prey tell, did you acquire this level of nuanced understanding?[/quote]

By being an AA inner city child growing up in DC.  Also, by 20 plus years working in social services. [/quote]

Has there been a change since DC introduced two years of preschool?  Or are more 0-3 programs needed?  [/quote]

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