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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's what you gotta know about Mundo, OP. There are more kids than can fit in DCI, so not everyone who graduates from Mundo (either campus) is going to get a spot at DCI. And siblings of DCI students get preference, so non-sibling chances are way worse. Now, in the past few years everyone's been able to get into DCI-- but that's because Mundo's attrition is so high that their graduating classes are pretty small. If Mundo becomes a better elementary school, then attrition won't be so high, and DCI chances will go down. If Mundo stays a bad, high-attrition elementary school, then DCI chances are better. But Mundo can't fix its problems and maintain a good rate of DCI access.

People will tell you DCI might expand but I don't believe it because I see no progress.[/quote]

This isn't a knock on your assessment but this feels like the situation at LAMB and I have to wonder why people are willing to accept bad elementary schooling for decent MS and HS versus trying to improve DCPS middle and HS through those feeder pipelines. [/quote]

Because it really, really, truly is very hard to improve MS and HS in-boundary options. If you have a child old enough that you understand the problems at LAMB and MV, then it's too late for that child to benefit. Because it takes SO long. Decades.

Sincerely, a Stuart-Hobson mom who is old.[/quote]

Can I ask what the specific problems are? Or at least generally? It seems like a lack of community buy in leads DCPS to neglect a lot of these pipelines. Obviously no one wants to be a test case but that's what it feels like people are accepting at MV and LAMB just for the feeder. Wells seems to be able to buck the trend a bit because it's brand new and the ward has grown so much some parents don't have a choice to go elsewhere.[/quote]

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