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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]people like Francis Stevens/JFEC.  it was also recently assigned as the feeder for a bunch of the shaw dcps schools which may mean an academically stronger cohort and not many oob lottery spots.[/quote]

There is already a cohort of academically strong kids at the school, fwiw. But I agree that there will probably be fewer lottery spots while the temporary feed lasts. [/quote]

There is definitely a cohort of academically strong kids at Francis, but it's not clear if they are adequately challenged (no geometry, no differentiated classes, no National History Day, etc). I think some parents are agitating for more challenge, and I think the influx of new families will help with that push. Check back in a few years![/quote]

My strong student is adequately challenged there. Not maximally challenged, but that’s not our family’s goal for middle school and not something available in any DCPS middle school, as far as I can tell. It’s a small middle school, and will continue to be a small middle school after the temporary feed ends. We consider that a good thing, even though it comes with some inherent limitations.

As far as geometry goes, ideally DCPS would take responsibility for offering access to all qualified middle schoolers no matter which school they attend, instead of leaving it to individual schools to make resource tradeoffs. So far that has not been their approach, though.[/quote]

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