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Reply to "Is it important to have kids stay at your school through 5th grade?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's because the people leaving are typically higher SES and better academic performers. So if people don't stay, the 5th grade class will not have as many on grade level kids and your child may not be challenged. Losing a lot of kids in 4th and 5th makes it hard for the school to offer a good array of activities for that age group (band, sports). The driving factor is likely concern about middle school quality. Also, your child may miss friends and feel left out if a lot of former classmates are elsewhere together.[/quote] So is this quite common? Is there a mass exodus at that grade level in many schools? If so, yuck.[/quote] quite common at schools with big achievement gaps but mainly becuase there is no middle school. Capitol Hill Brent Elem is a good example. I think around 60% of the kids are gone after rth grade because they head to charters that start in 5th.[/quote]
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