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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We thought the physical plant at McKinley was great, especially the engineering lab.  The teachers also seemed dedicated and accomplished.

Unfortunately, for us, we were hoping the school was akin to Blair Magnet or TJ, but it is absolutely not anywhere close.  We wish DCPS would transform McKinley into a DC TJ, but that doesn't seem like it will ever happen.

The commute was too much for us as well...if it was located where Walls is located (or anywhere in central DC) then the calculation would have been different[/quote]

There just aren't that many educated/education-pushing households with high school aged kids in DC compared to the TJ or Blair catchment areas.[/quote]

Banneker is the DC TJ[/quote]

This may be the most delusional thing I've read on this very bizarre board! Banneker is great at what it does . But it's not in the same galaxy as TJ. 
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+100. Get real, people. There is not a TJ equivalent in DC. Full stop. [/quote]

There isn't. However, does there really need to be?[/quote]

My thoughts too. I feel like DC parents with the kind of kids who potentially could be TJ (or Blair or RMIB) students have self-selected to stay in DC because we don’t like that arms race. I feel sorry for those kids. I went to HS with an extremely smart and high-performing cohort (lots of MIT, CalTech, Stanford admissions) but we all just were very laid back in HS with our 5 APs. [/quote]

Here is a fact.  TJ isn’t high pressure and an arms race to students who really need TJ because they are topped out of courses and challenge in the other schools. These kids do really well in addition to balancing extracurricular, clubs, etc…

It’s the students whose parents do alot of outside tutoring and prep who push kids who really don’t belong in TJ and thus don’t have a good experience.  Lots of kids in DC who fit above paragraph who are not getting what they need.
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