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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Selfishly, an application middle school on/near Capitol Hill.[/quote]
I’m curious what it should focus on. Languages? Pre-IB? A real test in IB school with a real tough IB program is missing in DC, but isn’t exactly a pressing need (DCI is great! IB for all is not the best)[/quote]

If you could convince DCPS to actually focus on academic excellence at the MS level, they should just channel that energy into making existing schools like SH, EH, and Jefferson as good as they can be. What people really want is a well-balanced academic environment for MS kids that will prepare them for HS. A lot of parents find BASIS too STEM and testing focused. People like Latin and DCI but they aren't options for most people so the appeal is kind of moot. People want tracking for math and English, real consequences for behavioral issues, and offerings in languages, science, and social studies that will actually move kids forward in those areas before HS starts.

Just do it at the existing schools. If you start an application MS on the Hill, you'd just siphon off all the families most invested in academics for MS/HS and then the gains the existing schools have made will be lost.

If DCPS is suddenly going to act like they care about academic excellence, lets not gatekeeper that at an app middle school.[/quote]

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