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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This fight over what constitutes UMC and rich is not relevant to the point of this thread.

A PP made a statement that the Lafayette was "a palace" because the rich families (all in their 2.5M houses) control the PTA, which apparently controls DCPS facilities management.  None of that is true.

No one is claiming that Lafayette kids are poor kids.  It is an UMC neighborhood.

[b]What it is not is a neighborhood full of 2.5 Million houses.[/b]

And the state of the Lafayette facilities are great after a long wait and extensive renovation that is on par with the renovations of schools happening all over the city.

That is all.  Go over the money forum to debate what is UMC and what is rich.

I am not a Lafayette parent or neighbor, but this finger pointing started by an inflammatory post is ridiculous.[/quote]

This is funny. You do realize that most of us don't make much of a distinction? Once it's over a million, it's so far out of bounds for the vast majority of DC that you're splitting hairs.

The grounds are amazing. Do you really think there are no advantages conferred on a school WOTP which are not received by the poorer schools? And do you really think none of those advantages have anything to do with the parents at said school, whatever mechanism is used?[/quote]

I do not think they are conferred on it by DCPS.  I also think that you are focusing on the park next door and I think there are a lot of nice playgrounds all around DC.  Yes, it is a nice residential neighborhood that is different than many of the more urban neighborhoods in DC, lots of green.

Back to the topic, what does this have to do with how PTA fundraising at Wilson and its feeder school impacts the ability of DCPS to improve its schools?[/quote]

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