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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]brent has always had a sizable 5th grade charter school exodus so it may for some students who stay behind emotionally feel a little like some of their friends are moving on while they are repeating last year (even if that is not objectively true).[/quote] Not at Brent, but this is true at many schools. 5th grade charter is the issue. Horrible that it is allowed-charters should at least conform with DCPS start years. [/quote]

At a different Hill elementary but this is changing. The number of applicants for charters is growing rapidly, meaning likelihood of getting a spot is just as rapidly going down. We lost out on lottery, but so did about 90% of our kid’s fourth grade class, meaning they’re almost all back for 5th grade (now on the cusp of needing another teacher and classroom). This will only continue unless more (good) charters open. I can see it being slightly different for Brent in that buy-in for Stuart Hobson and Eliot Hine is far more advanced than for Jefferson, in that Brent 4th graders who don’t win lottery might be more likely to bail at 5th…but is 5th really an entry year in any private? And if moving to suburbs or across town, wouldn’t you just wait for MS?[/quote]

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