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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So does this mean those of us with JH transfers won't need to worry about applying to private school for 2016-2017? :)[/quote]

Yes.

Someone posted a document on this board the other day. It was aggregated transfer data (as of last December.) 48% of ACPS students that live in the JH school zone do not attend JH. And 33% of students attending JH don't actually live in the JH school zone. Those are pretty shocking numbers. What it means is that if all of the students that lived in the JH zone actually attended JH, and JH wasn't the recipient of West End overflow, the FARMS rate would probably be in line with Maury (and if fewer people moved or went private for K, then JH would probably be at Lyles-Crouch FARMS level, which is lowest in the city.)

You can argue about chicken and egg (which comes first), and the need to improve test scores and/or administration. But a critical mass of involved parents/families from higher socioeconomic levels is the proven formula for turning around a school in Alexandria. This is what happened at Lyles-Crouch and at Maury. Meanwhile, JH has had a million different principals over the last decade with disastrous results, whereas MM and LC have benefited from stable/successful leadership.[/quote]

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