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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've brought this up before on other SH threads and I'll say it again...  A fast fix at SH would be an expansion of the lottery proximity preference to basically cover the whole Hill.  Right now the proximity preference is meaningless.  It only covers areas already within the SH catchment.

There are plenty of kids entering SH from the lottery.  Why not offer those spots to neighborhood families first?  While you're at it, drop LT and Wilson as feeders when you expand the proximity preference and you've got a totally different school almost immediately.

As I understand it, a change to the proximity preference is largely at the principal's discretion.  Get Clemens to understand why making SH a true neighborhood school will make her job easier and it could be done before the next lottery cycle opens.[/quote]

The cluster 6th grade in 2012-13 admitted 15 kids via lottery.  The grade level is full with the three feeder schools.

Watkins:  89 5th graders (84 enrolled at SH)
LT:  27 5th graders
Wilson:  32 5th graders

Total:  148 students in feeder schools

SH has five sections of 6th grade.  @ 30 students per section, that is 150 6th grade seats.

To the extent that Ward 7 & 8 students are going to SH, it is because there are OOB students at Watkins, Wilson, & LT.  If you want a Ward 6 only MS at SH, you have to close elementary schools on the Hill, so that only Ward 6 students attend the feeder schools.
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