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[quote=Anonymous]Quickest way to increase middle class enrollment in county schools would be to beef up middle school programs BIG TIME.

I believe there is a sizeable number of parents who are OK (or resigned) to having their kids in public for elementary, but they find the middle school options available to their child unacceptable.   This is one reason that so many people I know whose kids are on the k-8 Magnets (Montessori, Immersion) who aren't all that happy with it, remain anyhow -- they'd be OK with going to their neighborhood elementary but are worried about the middle school option.

Increase the quality middle school options -- make sure there is a place for EVERY TAG-identified 6th,7th and 8th grader in a center school (if that's what parents and children choose) for example.  Create more academies for kids in grade 6-8 that are open through competitive process (application schools, not just lottery)  Fewer parents would bail in 5th grade if they felt there were decent options for their kids in middle school.[/quote]

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