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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3 parent here- I have zero problem with the language. In fact, I applaud it. [/quote]

Ward 2 parent here whose child is the subject of this discussion: I find it disgusting and odious when anyone talks about "managing" a population based on an immutable characteristic. It's disgusting when white people talk this way about predominantly black schools or neighborhoods. And it's disgusting when DCPS - a taxpayer funded entity - talks this way about white families.

It's demeaning and dehumanizing, regardless of which group you are referencing. And this government-produced document clearly supposes that the existence of white people within the feeder pattern are a NEGATIVE characteristic. WTF?

I'd be more than happy for my kid's school to set aside 15% for At-Risk kids, and ramp up services to help those kids thrive. No problem there. Let all these kids take classes together, while also providing opportunities for remedial and advanced learning in small group settings. There's so many good ways for kids from different backgrounds to learn from each other.

The issue - as always - is over-crowding. DCPS reacts ten years too late to changes and parent pleas. It wants to cram thirty 2nd graders to a classroom. That's a not a conducive learning environment.

The problem is that Bowser/DCPS doesn't want to choose between (1) truly At-Risk kids and (2) the upper middle kids who come from nice houses all over DC and take OOB seats. The second category are a key constituency to which every Mayor kowtows. Hell, they are even given special low-digit license plates to flex their constituency. Those high performing, UMC kids MUST go to their neighborhood schools in Petworth, CoHi, Mt Pleasant, Shaw, Bloomingdale, CapHill, NE, Crestwood, Hillcrest, and Brookland  if DCPS is going to turn-around and provide a solid education in all eight Wards.

But DCPS doesn't want to do that because it doesn't want to make tough choices. It's easier to blame other people for merely existing. [/quote]

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