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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what you guys are bickering about. Am certain that Watkins is endlessly troubled in the staffing arena.

Really too bad that DCPS doesn't collect and publish demographic data by grade. Looks to me like at least half the white/high SES/in-boundary families at Watkins currently bail somewhere between 1st and 5th. This certainly shouldn't be happening, mainly because the exodus doesn't help the poor minority kids in the school community. Why doesn't DCPS get a handle on the attrition? Where the exit interview for departing parents? What are they looking for that they aren't getting? How about a principal accustomed to dealing with a big cohort of high SES families, like Norah Lyknell, moving from Janney to Brent (via Brookland MS)?

Find out where the problem lies, DCPS, and try to staunch the flow already. Why should trying to close the achievement be more important that striving to prevent neighborhood families from voting with their feet? Do both well and it's a win-win.

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^^This is an absurd comment.  How could they possibly bail in 1st unless they leave midyear? The school only has grades 1-5.

I won't give you a pass on suggesting Norah Lyknell's tenure as Brookland was anything remotely resembling a success.[/quote]

I don't get the comment about Lyknell (who's asking you for a pass?). She went from an established school with nearly 800 high SES kids, to a new school with a handful, to a school with almost 400 high SES kids. A principal like her would find many high SES/in-boundary families to work with at Watkins.  Such an admin might have a good idea how to attract many more, and keep the ones she has.    
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