how to address the under enrollment at Brookland Middle School

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[Post New]04/27/2017 10:16
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Anonymous
I live nearby and I think it's really a shame that this beautiful new facility is so terribly under enrolled.

Does anyone have any ideas that can make it a more desirable place for parents to send their kids?

Personally, I'd like to see an option for a more rigorous program, such as IB. Anyone have any other ideas?
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:18
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Anonymous
You can't fix under enrollment at Brookland so long as it feeds to Dunbar.

It's a sysiphean task.

[Post New]04/27/2017 10:20
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:You can't fix under enrollment at Brookland so long as it feeds to Dunbar.

It's a sysiphean task.



I'm not so skeptical. My kids are in elementary now, and there are a good number of high school options out there, but far fewer good middle school options. There's a real opportunity here.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:34
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Anonymous
I'm looking at the data now for 6th grade:

Total applicants dropped from 77 last year to just 57 this year.

Only 16 of the 25 seats (which is low for such a big building) matched.

[Post New]04/27/2017 10:35
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking at the data now for 6th grade:

Total applicants dropped from 77 last year to just 57 this year.

Only 16 of the 25 seats (which is low for such a big building) matched.



https://dcps.dc.gov/page/my-school-dc-lottery-results
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:37
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Anonymous
Autofeeders don't have to apply through the lottery.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:41
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Anonymous
Right. Brookland offered 25 6th grade seats to OOB (non-feeder) students.

The same number as Hardy offered for 6th FWIW.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:42
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:You can't fix under enrollment at Brookland so long as it feeds to Dunbar.

It's a sysiphean task.



It is a huge task but it can work. Stuart-Hobson feeds to Eastern but parents have made a lot of progress there in the last 20 years.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:42
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking at the data now for 6th grade:

Total applicants dropped from 77 last year to just 57 this year.

Only 16 of the 25 seats (which is low for such a big building) matched.



https://dcps.dc.gov/page/my-school-dc-lottery-results


No 25 matched. They just break it among those with preferences w/those who don't. There is a (short) wait list for 6th.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:44
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Right. Brookland offered 25 6th grade seats to OOB (non-feeder) students.

The same number as Hardy offered for 6th FWIW.


If I'm reading the data correctly, Bookland offered 25 OOB seats and only 16 matched.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:44
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking at the data now for 6th grade:

Total applicants dropped from 77 last year to just 57 this year.

Only 16 of the 25 seats (which is low for such a big building) matched.



I am confused by this. 16/25 offered seats matched. So there are 9 seats that were offered in the lottery that are available, and yet there are 8 kids on the wait list for grade 6? Why? Why wouldn't it be 1 seat available and 0 kids on the wait list?
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:46
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking at the data now for 6th grade:

Total applicants dropped from 77 last year to just 57 this year.

Only 16 of the 25 seats (which is low for such a big building) matched.



I am confused by this. 16/25 offered seats matched. So there are 9 seats that were offered in the lottery that are available, and yet there are 8 kids on the wait list for grade 6? Why? Why wouldn't it be 1 seat available and 0 kids on the wait list?


Agree. Makes no sense at all.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:47
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking at the data now for 6th grade:

Total applicants dropped from 77 last year to just 57 this year.

Only 16 of the 25 seats (which is low for such a big building) matched.



I am confused by this. 16/25 offered seats matched. So there are 9 seats that were offered in the lottery that are available, and yet there are 8 kids on the wait list for grade 6? Why? Why wouldn't it be 1 seat available and 0 kids on the wait list?


Agree. Makes no sense at all.


Maybe it is because they have not started making offers from the waitlist yet? Just a timing thing?
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:47
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You can't fix under enrollment at Brookland so long as it feeds to Dunbar.

It's a sysiphean task.



It is a huge task but it can work. Stuart-Hobson feeds to Eastern but parents have made a lot of progress there in the last 20 years.


The key phrase is 20 years. I would imagine OP has a child who is already born, and will need a MS option she's confident in sooner than that.
[Post New]04/27/2017 10:50
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Right. Brookland offered 25 6th grade seats to OOB (non-feeder) students.

The same number as Hardy offered for 6th FWIW.


If I'm reading the data correctly, Bookland offered 25 OOB seats and only 16 matched.


And total enrollment is listed as 315 (for 2015-2016 so this data is somewhat stale). The building is huge.
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