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[quote=Anonymous] :thumbup: What makes this even more sad is the fact that DCPS is now EXPECTING this! Whatever parents are willing to pay for they are willing to let you. This includes supplies, text books, class sets of books, etc. It is pathetic considering DCPS is on the high end of the money spent per student. Where the hell is the money going?  Some of these schools are so raggedy it is a crime! DCPS was the one who decided teachers would get paid these unsustainable salaries. Not the WTU contrary to popular belief. [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fear of poor black kids on this thread is kind of disgusting. If you all feel that way, why the hell aren't you in moco or fairfax?

I have known many families from many walks of life and the poor ones want the same things you do--what is best for ther kids. Furthermore, if they are committed to bringing them in from oob you can be damn sure they care. And in my experience, their kids are just as wonderful as your little snowflake.[/quote] +1[/quote]

My "snowflake" is Asian and we were in PreK3 at JO Wilson not long ago.  We almost bought in the LT District but were turned off by the granola crunchie/politically correct vibe we got at PTA meetings.

Glad to see that JO Wilson is attracting a few more neighborhood families.  That said, it's PC nonsense for a newbie upper middle-class family of any race to plan to use the school in the upper grades.  It will happen...by 2025.  
 
If you want to be or near the Hill and use public schools, buy or rent for Brent or Maury, or lottery into SWS or a charter with strong high SES representation in the upper grades.  You missed the boat for Cap Hill Montessori.  Done.

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Why 2025 and not sooner? Serious question. Is it the teachers? The school philosophy? If high SES attend the lower grades, why wouldn't they continue as a class through the upper grades?[/quote]

None of the above.  Suggestion: ask this question of the Brent or Maury old PTA hands.  The two PTAs fund raise like mad to pay for the teachers aides and pullout groups DCPS won't provide to offer sufficient challenge to the children of professional parents who land in classes where a good many classmates are growing up in homes blighted by multi-generational poverty.  You need a critical mass of well-heeled parents to raise the money, and attracting them takes 5-10 years after a school starts to turn.

DCPS doesn't provide the staff inputs to keep most high SES families in the upper ES grades, let alone in neighborhood middle schools.  Myopic DCPS leaders leaves it to parent organizations to pay for inputs "advanced learners" (read ordinary high SES kids without SNs) need to find challenge past around 2nd grade.  The system stinks.  Admins and teachers at schools like JO Wilson and LT, most of whom are strong, even heroic, certainly can't be blamed.

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