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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Nobody said EH would be test-in[/b]. It would just need some minimal floor for grades (like "all 2s and above on report card"), behavior, and attendance. Everyone who met the requirements could be entered in a lottery. One option could be to put the 6th graders from all three schools together at Jefferson and then make EH and SH both 7&8 schools, each offering a different focus. People would rank their preferences but you'd only have a guarantee for one of the two, not a guarantee of your #1 choice. [/quote] You mean besides the previous posters who suggested EH become a test-in school? [/quote] In fairness what I meant to suggest was either a test-in program at EH, or making one of the other schools test-in. Probably doesn't make sense to have all of EH be test-in. Isn't it the biggest building?[/quote] If you wanted to create the best single middle school, you’d move SH to test-in. It’s the most conveniently located for possible attendees. If you wanted to create the best triad of schools, you’d make Jefferson the test-in, because the other two have a better chance of becoming Hill neighborhood schools geographically. I hate that they dismissed the Deal for Ward 6 option 10 years ago. It’s the obvious answer to the Hill middle school issues and would firm up all the ESes too (including some, like Miner, that aren’t on any positive trajectory currently).[/quote] Is deal for ward 6 basically combining the Hill into one MS? If so agree this seems like an obvious solution, and I don’t even understand why DC would prefer having more smaller middle schools. There are surely budgetary efficiencies to bigger schools, so you could offer students a lot more activities on top of a stronger cohort of on- and above-grade level kids. [/quote]
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