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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Decision will be in May. GDS will reopen fall of 2022 and Foxhall will open Fall of 2024."

Thanks for this 21:34. Need to ripoff the bandaid and move forward. There is no perfect solution.

I agree with PP who said DCPS will have to address fallout from the equity issue.

Bottom line, Ward 3/Wilson Feeders have succeeded in our campaign of Opportunity Hoarding. We already had the highest performing schools with the lowest levels of poverty, violence and people of color. In a few years  we'll STILL have the best schools, but with smaller classes, nicer art rooms, and a few more "at risk" Black & Brown OOB kids who won't feel stigmatized at all.

I include myself among the hoarders. With 2 kids in Wilson feeder and no luck with charter lotteries, I've been concerned with Wilson becoming unmanageable and overcrowded.

But the exacerbation of racial and social inequeties of the pandemic era is more troubling to me than which of the private colleges we can afford that my kids will attend.

We're fine financially. Our kids will be fine. The Wilson feeders will be fine.

But most of the kids now in public and charters will not be fine for a long time.

I don't know how to fix this. I feel guilty about my privilege and I'm trying to donate to and to volunteer with efforts east of Connecticut Ave. Mostly to make me feel like I'm not a hypocrite for having a #BlackLivesMatter window sign while demanding better school buildings for white kids.

As very small, very personal step, I've stopped getting involved with advocating for our schools and giving money to our PTA for the "extras" and appreciation of teachers with 6 figure salaries. The teachers will be fine.

I'm sure folks will slam me for choosing to no longer bei "involved" in pushing the interests my own kids' schools.

But that's OK. We'll be fine.
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The issue of inequity is a serious one but this approach is ultimately a disservice to the school system and let’s DCPS off the hook for implementing all sorts of bad policies in the name of “equity.”  DCPS should have more of a mindset of excellence. We need to raise everyone up — not tear down the schools that are working well in the name of equity. As a child of immigrants not born to “privilege,” I find the white privilege/guilt tendency to be generally unproductive. [/quote]

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