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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i think jefferson is really improving with 4 solid feeder schools and more and more in-bound kids attending but people (especially at brent where jefferson has long been regarded as a no) dont see it (or the full potential there) yet[/quote]

I think for a long time parents at Brent have had decent alternatives that weren't that hard to make happen. But MS charters are getting harder and harder to get into as more parents stay in DC past elementary. Tuition at privates gets more onerous every year. Even moving to the suburbs starts to look less appealing because close-in suburbs around DC are getting pricier and if you own a row house on the Hill, moving to Fairfax or Bethesda for the schools is not the obvious option for some that it might have been 10 years ago.

So as these options close, I do think you'll see more families giving Jefferson a try. [b]It's the same thing you've seen with public elementaries on the Hill.[/b]

The one thing that does not seem to sway people to send their white kids to these overwhelmingly black schools? The Rosa Parks and MLK quotes on their yard signs  :lol: [/quote]

I'm not seeing a good parallel between a few more UMC families giving Jefferson a try and parents trying public elementaries on the Hill. At the rate we're going, Jefferson's demographics won't look like Maury or Brent's for at least half a century.  No definite honors classes, or a transparent system for high-performing students to access them, and further change can only come at a snail's pace. [/quote]

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