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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know the WHY of Cooper offering more 6th grade seats than 5th?  I thought their goal originally was to capture kids at 5th to get them school ready.  Adding together regular and equitable access matches (ignoring the unmatched EA seat), they offered :
5th: 56
6th: 95

I thought key to mission was getting 5th graders in to establish good executive functioning, etc.  This does meet their target of 150 kids in year one.
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That is odd indeed. At the open house they mentioned not fully subscribing the 5th grade class in order to build the culture then filling it next year on the belief that the returning students would reinforce the culture. Honestly that made sense to me. How does that track with fully subscribing the 6th grade class? Would not the same principle hold true in that grade? Or perhaps the trade-off of culture building vs delayed academic rigor was too severe in 6th? Without judgment and from a strictly academic perspective would love to hear more about the thought process. 
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