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[quote=Anonymous]Even more reason that the city should stop pouring tens of millions of dollars into creating gleaming neighborhood MS facilities that are mostly empty, and very likely to remain that way for years and years to come.

If Norah Lycknell, one of DCPS' strongest principals couldn't get BMS school off on the right foot as constituted, it's not happening.

Give it up, DCPS, and turn the building over to a program that could succeed.  Obvious solutions present themselves: 1) a test-in MS program with a city-wide draw but neighborhood preference (like the several test-in MS programs a little north, in eastern MoCo), or, 2) a hybrid DCPS-charter program, or, 3) a slate of bona fide honors classes taught at and above grade-level.

Test-in and/or honors classes could only help fill the building if they were reserved for kids who'd met rigorous admissions standards. DCPS could, for example, require students to have scored 4s and 5s on the PARCC to gain entry to honors classes, or to have passed a tough placement test to demonstrate that they work at or above grade level.

If you want change at BMS, let your DC city councilmember know.  If s/he does't push hard for change, consider organizing to get her/him voted out.

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