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So then, here is my question:
How can DCPS possibly achieve equity, and build good schools outside the Wilson feeder pattern, if a big key to the Wilson feeder success is *family wealth*????

If so, why isn’t DCPS talking about how it doesn’t care about making sure all students get a top education?  Because without serving the best students, no school will ever really excel.[/quote]
1. I don't see WHY DCPS needs to achieve "equity", it NEEDS to provide good educational opportunities to ALL students. Already, much more funding goes to schools with higher "at-risk" populations while slashing services at certain ward 3 schools. I don't see that DCPS will achieve any good outcome if NO students have working musical instruments or reagents for Chem lab. Back when I donated to the PTA in my kids' ward 3 school, those were the things I was donating to support.
2. DCPS talks all the time about making sure students have a top education, they just can't walk the walk. They pay fees for APs, which other districts don't, they offer a school day/free SAT. There are free SAT prep classes inside the school schedule for those who choose to go. There's lots of reasons why there's a gap. Parent education, poverty, lead in the piping in old buildings, more qualified teachers opting out of high poverty schools.
3. A school doesn't have to "serve the best students" to excel, it doesn't need to curate the student body. A school can excel by turning a failing student into a functional student, by pushing a mediocre student to proficiency, by identifying the kid with a learning difference and directing that child to the needed support  [/quote]

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