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- Low in boundary enrollment, especially for the upper grades. Why so low?
- Uniforms. This is a sign of a lower SES school. The in boundary populations of Shepherd Park and Colonial Village aren't lower SES. Why the uniforms?
- Concerning anecdotes regarding prioritization of discipline over social emotional learning. By all accounts Shepherd seems to lack progressive educational methods. This seems to be a particular issue with ECE and SPED.
- Under-performing test scores. Why are the scores so low?

Does anyone know the strategic path for Shepherd? Are there plans to drop the uniforms and move towards more progressive educational models?

I'm curious what past, current, and prospective families think. I'm up for supporting our future school, but I don't want to fight an uphill battle if the current parents are happy with the status quo. [/quote]

IB enrollment: Part of it may be that there may not be that many older elementary kids in the boundary, so the school takes OOB to fill the classes.
Uniforms: Plenty of very fancy expensive private schools have them too. 
Lack of progressive education: it's a pretty traditional neighborhood. I think if your goal is to come in and try to change things up you will be disappointed. The families that love Shepherd the most and feel the most ownership of it are the ones who prefer a more traditional school.
low scores: tied to IB rate--many of the kids taking tests are new to the school and may have attended lower-performing schools in the past.

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