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Perhaps you should check your baggage and read my post more carefully.  i neither stated nor implied that OOB students not from Capitol Hill were somehow unmotivated or academically unserious.  My point, however inartfully phrased, was that socioeconomic factors, coupled with becoming a true neighborhood school, played a critical role in turning Brent around.  This is a fact, not an assumption.  Academic resuts results speak for themselves, as does the contrast in classroom and playground behavior in the last few years as compared to seven or eight years ago.  In any event, you can't have it both ways.  Any blame can't fall solely on "Brent."  Children who are academically serious and have motivated families should be able to overcome whatever shortcomings may exist at the school.  It happens in classrooms all around the world everyday. [/quote]

Such BS about Brent history.  My family has been part of Brent's history for the past 7 years.  While the scores are higher now than they were then, I would say the behavior of the students is no better than it was back then.  There weren't any fights on the playground!  there weren't disruptive classrooms!  You just made that up completely!  The principal treated her staff and teachers terribly and the resources were poor-- pathetic library-- but the kids were good!  Honestly!  and this was back when Brent went through 6th grade, and even the 6th graders were great kids.

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