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DC does offer several 'test in' high schools.  However, there is a huge difference between DC and Fairfax and Montgomery County in the number of students that a specialized high school can support.  Its not about dumbing down a program.  And in reality, no matter what school a child attends, they should be challenged.  Its harder to do if the number of students who are advanced is low, but the school has the responsibility to find ways to meet the needs of the child.  I think, to some degree, DCPS has gotten off the hook because rather than push for such programs, parents have opted to move or go private.  Perhaps such a program could be a 'schol within a school' like it is at Blair.  Dunbar might be a great place to try this--new building,  central location...[/quote]

I am[b] not[/b] buying it that there are [b]not[/b] the numbers to support a school as rigorous as TJ. There are plenty of kids attending private and charter schools who could make the cut. Also, DCPS has plenty of schools with several hundred students so why not offer a test in as rigorous as TJ? You also forget that the demographics in the city are rapidly changing as well.

As for the current test in schools in DC, they cannot hold a candle to TJ at all. They are not even in the same league. As for placing such a school in the likes of Dunbar, what a joke. I am not sure I would feel that my kid would be safe in Dunbar.[/quote]

Run the numbers based on demographics and you will see there most certainly are enough bright kids - but most flee DC public schools for lack of a solid offering.  No, there's no comparing DCPS test-in schools to TJ because they weren't modeled after TJ and have nowhere near as solid of an offering.  It's a huge gap for DCPS.[/quote]

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