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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, you are whitewashing this story in a big way.

[b]Your post begs the question, what's the point of running a system of by-right middle schools EotP that neighborhood communities reject almost to a family?
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There just aren't a lot Brent families at JA these days.  Moreover, there are hardly any in-boundary families.  The feeder school has been sending no more than half a dozen students to JA annually for the past several years, from 4th grade cohorts of around 60.
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Assuming you're referring to the post on the previous page about JA's attractiveness in its drawing families from all over the cities, let me answer your question here in no uncertain terms: What is the point...? There isn't.

When our kids were in about 2nd or 3rd grade, I found the idea of by right middle school soothing. Having seen our two children go through that juncture (one now at Jefferson, not by right but by choice, the other at another DCPS MS, also not by right but by choice, with with charter options in the mix), I no longer believe in feeder patterns. "Believe" is a big word in need of a finer point: (1) I do not believe its a realistic construct. We - including diehard public school proponents - hold it up as a model, as something to strive for, but it is just not working that way. I'd much rather we owned up to that reality and made the new reality of choice work properly (aligning start dates and all). (2) I no longer believe it's desirable. My kids have similar needs - both are advanced learners and have no special needs - but they are very different in the way they learn and in their social interactions. Our priorities and choices reflect that.[/quote]

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