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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]So teach tiny honors classes at first. Spend the dough[/b], build the challenge, attract IB kids and watch honors class sizes grow year on year.  It's not as though funding is the main problem, given that the city is prepared to sink 25-30 million to sink into the physical plant at JA.

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Scores of rising 6th graders who live in the catchment area score 4s and 5s on the 5th grade PARCC.
Washington Latin admitted less than 20% of 5th grade applicants this year.  
BASIS is unlikely to clear its 5th grade WL for the first time this year. 
Ward 6 kids no longer have access to Deal.
Stuart Hobson, Hardy and Two Rivers have long 6th grade WLs.
DCI's 6th grade will soon fill up with students from its language immersion feeders.
Ward 6 families who can't access the above high SES friendly middle schools would take a chance on JA if DCPS were to meet them halfway by creating honors classes. [/quote]

It's not that simple.  Teachers are funded by the per pupil model and getting enough teachers for such small classrooms means making up the difference elsewhere.  Even if you're willing to make that well intentioned commitment it would need to be offered across the board and not  just JA. On a macro level it would deprive resources needed for other necessary broad goals like remediation for students below level.

I'd prefer a test in academy for 6th grade.  It levels the playing field by opening up city wide to eligible students and doesn't put an undue strain on neighborhood schools.[/quote]

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