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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:32.  Thanks for the clarification.  This begs the question:  Are there any families clamoring to get into Brent in order to slot into Jefferson or Eliot-Hine or who could not otherwise attend either of those two schools through the lottery?[/quote]To the best of my knowledge, the answer is no, there is currently little interest from Brent parents (or potential Brent parents) in enrolling at either EH or Jefferson Academy, and I am not aware of any Brent students enrolling at Eliot Hine or Jefferson Academy for the fall of 2012.  (Last year about 8 kids went from Brent to Jefferson Academy, and none went to EH.)  Additionally, both schools are under-enrolled, and therefore anyone from any part of the city is free to enroll and is virtually guaranteed a spot in Jefferson or EH.

I can't see the lack of demand for Jefferson or EH abating in the near future as the gap widens between the perceived quality of the Brent experience and the reality of EH and Jefferson. To be sure, there are parents hoping (and working) towards Jefferson and EH becoming a viable option, but without radical changes (selective admission, new feeder patterns, etc.) I don’t see that naturally and incrementally happening for at least five years. The increasing gap in perceived quality will become harder to bridge each year.

The same could be said for Stuart Hobson - as more in-bounds Brent students stay through the older grades at Brent, the more of a drop-off Stuart Hobson appears to be (SH's 2012 drop in DC CAS scores won’t help this situation). Additionally, if Stuart Hobson did markedly improve, it would be in greater demand and IB Brent students would have even less of a chance in the lottery of gaining admission to SH because even more students from across the city would also clamor to enroll.
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