Boundary/Assignment Question: How did DCPS come up with these school groupings (see link)?
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Anonymous
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First an apology: There are so many threads on this topic right now that I couldn't figure out where this question fits (so I am doing a new thread). What's up with the school groupings in appendix B of the boundary working group materials? Here's what I mean: at the link below, go down to Appendix B and then to the next to the last column, and you see a classification for each school. There aren't definitions for these classifications, but at a glance you see that most good schools are labeled "Reward." Other schools are rated "Rising" or "Priority". Anyway, if you scroll down, you see the schools grouped together in these clusters. I can't figure out how these clusters work. For example: We are IB for Lafayette, and if you scroll down to page 43, Lafayette is grouped with Oyster and Yu Ying. Scroll up to Janney, and it's also grouped with Oyster and Yu Ying. Murch, on the other hand, is grouped with Oyster and Eaten. Am I missing something here: what is this? Sorry if this is covered elsewhere but there is so much info out there I can't sort through it all (and my head hurts from trying!). Thanks guys!
http://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Appendix%20B_Boundary%20Participation%20Data%20Tables_DRAFT_Policy%20Brief_3.pdf |
Anonymous
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It is telling you where students who are in-bounds for that school go to school within DCPS, if they don't go to their neighborhood school. In otehr words, there are some students who could go to Lafayette IB, but choose to go to Oyster or Yu Ying. There are some that could go to Murch, but go to Oyster or Eaton.
It is a confusing chart that I finally deciphered yesterday. |
Anonymous
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Make sure you read the tops of the columns on each page as they tell you what the columns are.
For each school listed in the table there is also a list of other "Schools Attended by 5 or more In-Boundary Students 2012-13" That means, within Lafayette's boundaries, 621 students go to Lafayette, 8 go to Yu Ying and 6 to Oyster. |
Anonymous
| Thanks very much, guys. |
Anonymous
To make things even more fun, those 6 in Oyster probably started as in-boundary for Oyster years ago and remain now in Oyster despite the family move to Lafayette boundary. |
Anonymous
That or they really wanted spanish immersion education. This was an interesting chart. Also interesting to see how in many combined schools the school that was closed actually has the bigger population. |
Anonymous
| I found it really interesting that 6 children IB for Eaton are at Mann. |
Anonymous
| why is that interesting? schools in DC let you stay when your family moves apparently. |
Anonymous
| It says the in boundary participation rate for Peabody is 23% -- yet last year not all in boundary kids got into Peabody. How is that possible? |
Anonymous
...and no other neighborhood school had enough kids attending Mann to present in the table. If I wanted to get into Mann - should I move IB for Eaton b/c it appears that is a really lucky area (or people there have pull to get into Mann?) |
Anonymous
| they probably moved from mann into eaton boundaries, or it is a family with 3 kids. i wouldn't make anything of it. |