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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Those rowdy kids are in almost every DCPS and charter after 2nd grade. It's DC! [/b]

KIPP schools, and other charters geared to low-income kids, provide much more support to help rowdy kids [b](often without a father at home)[/b] settle down in a school setting than most.  Without G&T programs in DCPS, it is common enough for upper-middle-class families to feel that their well-behaved, advanced kids (which would obviously not include every better-off child) are being overlooked.  Get a clue DCPS, different DC populations have different needs in school.  I feel discouraged when I hear about affluent families leaving the system because their children get insufficient attention - poor kids are the biggest losers when this happens.

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Just to balance this out, my DD does not have a father at home, is not rowdy, and is currently at a private school in VA as I am nervous about the influence of city kids/city attitudes over the long term. Some people may think I'm overly sensitive, but as a single parent I'm even more concerned that her school environment and peers support what I teach at home. She's been accepted to a well-regarded charter in DC for 2012-2013, and while I'm excited, I'm also nervous and questioning if I'm making the right decision in moving her from her current school. Also we are not low-income.

Not saying the PP meant this, but wanting to point out that not having a father at home is not a pre-cursor of being rowdy or indicative of being low-income.

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