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[quote=Anonymous]From the report:  It is too soon to tell whether these cohorts born in 2007 and 2010 will stay through middle and high school at higher rates as they have in elementary school.

This seems key.  We are parents of a middle-schooler, and each year, we determine if we're staying for another.

The report tracks cohorts of kids by birth year to see how many remain in the school system.

For the 1998 cohort, 71% remained for K, 60% - 5th grade, 56% - 8th, 43% - 12th.  For white students only, the 1998 cohort looks like 34%, 23%, 17% and 14%.

.For the 2007 cohort, 79% remained for K and 69% - 5th grade.  For white students only, the 2007 cohort looks like 40% - K and 25% 5th (note these are estimates as Figure 13 is very small).

Also, Figure 24 shows that even though 5th grade enrollment has been steadily increasing over the years, 8th grade and 12th grade enrollments are basically flat.

While I would love to see DC schools continue to grow, I also don't want to see this report used as a reason to build a bunch more schools when there are so many existing schools that need upkeep and maintenance and are underutilized.  Dollars need to be used to serve students already in school.
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