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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point is that it pays to keep an an open mind about ways to make DCI work. It’s not some amazing suburban high school where you can sit back in anticipation of a good return on your residential real estate investment. [/quote]

True but you can say this about every school in the city.

At least DCI has enough capable kids that they can at least not only teach grade level content but also track certain subjects (math, languages, social studies, electives, etc.) in addition to having the other [b]positive qualities of a suburban school [/b](great facilities, extracurriculars and sports) etc.. in addition to string writing requirements with IB diploma.

Tell me how many middle schools in the city can say that.

Easy enough to supplement what you need and get college counseling. [/quote]

This is a real stretch. DCI's ECs are a pale shadow of what you'd get in a big suburban middle or high school. There isn't a school newspaper, no first-rate competitive sports, no good debate team, no good orchestra or band, no math Olympics, no serious drama program etc. They don't have the money for high octane ECs. Suburban schools have academic tracking in middle school for English, social studies and science.  DCI doesn't have that either. At least more serious math tracking does seem to be creeping in.[/quote]

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