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[quote=Anonymous]Has anyone suggested that Oyster revert back to its original status as a preK-5th grades elementary school?  Part of the problem appears to be that many english-dominant speakers peel off for privates or Deal (I am getting this from the article, but it has also been my experience as an Oyster parent to witness this), and part of the reason why that happens is because the middle school is abysmal.  Of course, that is only my opinion, based on what I have seen first-hand.  They've had three years to get it together and it remains a very weak offering to any student who has a choice.  Now, you may argue that perhaps there should not be a choice--if you are going to attend that school, then there is no other option for middle school even if you are in-boundary for Deal.  The Principal has made decisions that encourage many families to vacate for other options: 1. no differentiation in math, 2. only one "choice" for language, which is Chinese, 3. poor response of administration to remedy repeated classroom behavior disruptions.  When kids leave for other schools, the article reports that it then becomes impossible to replace them with english dominant speakers because of the demographics of the boundaries.  Most incoming replacement students are Spanish dominant--thereby tilting the balance even more.

It appears Oyster Adams can't get the balance they want in any grade.  In the past, it was a very strong elementary school.  It wants to have a strong middle school, but that probably is only going to happen with new leadership.  Why can't DCPS just close the Adams "middle school" they way they have closed other schools?  Funds could be used to expand the lower grades to accommodate the rise of English speakers and balance them with Spanish speakers, until 5th grade.  They have two buildings, it can be done.  Not sure why the middle school needs to be saved at the expense of everything else. [/quote]

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