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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS's track record with renovated Cardozo, McKinley Middle, and of course BM (Brookland Middle) seems to point the way towards its projected success with MacFarland.

There's a reason the former DCPS Chancellor declared "Maybe Charters are better at middle school than DCPS."[/quote]

it's so pathetic especially when they have the Stuart Hobson model actually working just offer some sort of differentiation/honors tracking already[/quote]

There's more to it -- until and unless the stdent body changes, the results will be mixed. A sampling of middle schools find they all are serving some high need students, but overall there are fewer high needs students at SH and Hardy.

SH 
29% at-risk 
1% ELL
1% homeless
12% students with disabilities

Hardy
20% at risk
6% ELL
1% homeless
14% students with disabilities

Brookland
67% at risk
2% ELL
19% homeless
27% students with disabilities

MacFarland
41% at risk
36% ELL
2% homeless
10% students with disabilities

Jefferson
59% at risk
1%ELL
3% homeless
20% students with disabilities[/quote]

I get your point if there was tracking/honors at the schools then more people would select them instead of charter/private/moving which would change the at-risk%

it's a chicken and egg problem you need a reason for people to embrace the school[/quote]

True -- but you need critical mass to offer honors classes. Right now the school's top priorities are, and have to be IMO, serving the students they have.

SH's honors classes didn't magically appear when the first higher SES parents began enrolling their kids, and they weren't promised as a carrot to lure parents into enrolling. Schools have to reach a minimum threshold of students who are ready for more advanced work to be able to offer them (see SH and Hardy for 2 examples). From a staffing perspective, it isn't viable to offer honors classes for a handful of students.

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