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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We plan on staying at Seaton for the long haul. But we are definitely Unclear about what we will do for Middle School. We will cross that bridge when we get there.[/quote]

Is there any effort to improve the middle school?  Cardozo, right?[/quote]

Your best bet would be to try and get Francis-Stevens to stop doing middle school and have their feeders also go to Cardozo. Then Seaton, Garrison, Ross, Cleveland (students who don't choose the dual-language feed to MacFarland), Thomson, and F-S would all go to Cardozo--that's a big enough cohort to allow for differentiation, electives, and extracurriculars (especially with the fact that removing middle school from F-S would allow for the elementary school to offer more classrooms there). It would also create a good synergy where more kids would go on to HS at Cardozo, so they could offer more courses (including APs and interesting electives) and kids who were really advanced in middle school could even bump up to high school classes. If a kid is ready for calculus in 8th grade, having it offered in a different wing of the same building is a big advantage.[/quote]

I don't think Francis-Stevens would be willing to do that.  Why would they trade in what they have for the suckage that is Cardozo?

Playing with feeder patterns will not solve the fundamental underlying problem that the kids' performance is terrible.  Way too many kids are way below grade level, and until DCPS puts some real money into addressing that, nothing will change.  Nobody wants to be one of a few smart kids at a failing school.[/quote]

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