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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Heather hills all over again.

So frustrating. Take an average or poorly performing school amd make it TAG. Force them to bring the standards up combined with bringing in kids who likely have families that will push for reform and keep their kids on track.[/quote]

I'm not sure how this is the same thing. Heather Hills is all TAG and it changing it forced a bunch of walkers out. This school is not. It is Dual Spanish Immersion, half the kids will be Spanish speakers the other half English speakers. It is currently a small school (at 60% capacity) with a lot of busing and it's had a Spanish program (not well done, though) on the books for 15 years. Also with the two other large schools down the street, they needed students to fill the two schools and the school system most likely wasn't going to move kids from either University Park or Hyattsville Elementary to fill those seats.[/quote]

Not an identical situation- but both fit the trend of taking a good school and making it lottery only instead of a neighborhood school as it originally was. Still think they should instead choose underperforming schools and introduce the programs there rather than messing with the good schools.[/quote]

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