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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You wanted a test in high school -- and many others simply wanted a more challenging neighborhood/comprehensive high school. There are 5 application schools in DCPS already -- they weren't going to create another one in a comprehensive high school.

DCPS provided rigorous programming at a beautifully renovated neighborhood school. But the high-SES parents fled to an office building downtown and a school miles away that didn't have a gym for 11 years (better facilities?).

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Application schools are not the same as test-in. Yes there is a test for some of the application high schools, but a lot of other things are taken into consideration. Test-in means exactly that. If a student scores over a certain mark, they can go, period. DCPS could use all the stupid tests they give to rank teachers as the test. Top level scores? You get an invite. No need to bring in the families to make sure they are "right".

All DCPS students are supposedly taking the same curriculum, so they should all have the same opportunity to master it. [/quote]

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