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[quote=Anonymous]No one demanded anything. There was a process involving Rhee, Abigail Smith and Claudia Lujan 3-4 years ago.  They asked what parents at Brent wanted to see in middle school that would give them confidence to stick with the DCPS feeder pattern after 5th grade at Brent.

After many meetings and surveys and working group meetings Brent parents answered the question. Saying these are the things that would make it likely that families will stick with DCPS. It was not demanding, it was answering the query from DCpS. It was collaborating.  The answer was clear. Parents at Brent would have responded to a middle school solution that had a safe environment, continuation of leadership and curriculum from elementary years, an INtrrnational Baccalureate Program that would insure a well-rounded curriculum and outside auditing and teacher training, and a student body where the majority of students were entering the school on grade level in reading and writing to insure that the bulk of the school wouldn't be about remediation but rather teaching at grade level or above. Tommy Wells describes this as a school coming from a position of strength.  As opposed to playing catch up academically.

That was the straight up truth.  DCPS wasn't able ( yet ) to create those conditions in the feeder pattern middle schools, so, as predicted, families from Brent and many other schools have been choosing ( as they always have and always will ) middle schools around the city that more closely meet this description.

Other schools on Capitol Hill also gave feedback to DCPS but it was less specific. Actually much of this public process can be found on the DCPS website. Something about Ward 6 Middle Schools.[/quote]

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