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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really want FS to succeed--given the demographics of the city and the neighborhood, it could become a gem of a school and I know parents with little ones who have lined up behind it. But a half assed merge with SWW does not seem to be the answer. It seems like the decision to close FS was forestalled by a lot of parents who were vocal about the need to keep the school open (which I wholeheartedly agree with)  and was politically undesirable so this was some sort of compromise. I wonder if DCPS assumed that it would not work and in a year or two could point to the lack of success and say 'see didn't work, let's close FS'. On the other hand, maybe the association with SWW will boost FS enrollment enough to get the school up and running on its own steam in a few years. Time will tell. [b]ANyone have a sense of enrollment for next year at FS? [/b][/quote]

The NW Current article linked to above says that target enrollment for Francis-Stevens after the merger announcement was 380, but actual enrollment is less than 1/3 of this target:

"Despite strong enrollment projections for Francis-Stevens, the school has enrolled only about 120 students for the coming school year, according
to a statement by Trogisch at a Francis-Stevens community meeting last week. The target enrollment was 380 students, and Walls parents are worried this deficit could draw funds away from the high school."[/quote]

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