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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like Latin and BASIS, 5th grade is the first year of middle school at Cap City, and it's an expansion year.

They have ~30 students enrolled each year at 4th. 5th, by design, has 80-85 students, depending on year.

The last 3 years they've offered between 50-58 5th grade seats in the lottery.[/quote]

Cap City 4th grade is 52 students.   It expands to 80-85 for 5th grade.

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My guess is that the High School is under enrolled and the school is hoping is they expand middle school, they will have higher enrollment in the high school.  It is a shame that they are doing it for the upcoming grade as it is not an easy class.[/quote]

This is their model.

50 kids for 1-4th.
Planned growth at 5th.
More planned growth at 9th.

It makes for a more traditional school experience and provides resources for extracurriculars. But it does make 5th and 9th grades challenging with some kids being totally new to the expeditionary learning model separate and apart from any social issues.

100 kids[/quote]

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