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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't the whole system be stronger if all Middle School opportunities started at 6th grade?

Students finished 5th in their elementary school (be it charter or DCPS), and then lotteried in rank order for preferred 6th grade placement, intermingling charter & DCPS

None of the DCPS schools were "education campuses" from preS to 8, instead all ended at 5th grade.

Then, there would also be students available to support an additional Ward 4 / Ward 5 DCPS middle school (the new building at Brookland, maybe a reopened Ward 4 MacFarland). And to fill the underpopulated Middle schools at McKinley Tech, Eliot-Hine, Jefferson.

What's wrong with this suggestions, what's right with it?
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On the contrary, DCPS would be stronger if MS started in 5th.  DCPS is better at ES.  Even Kaya admits this.  By 5th grade, bright kids at most DCPS ESs are learning very little.

Furthermore, many DC kids are simply not ready for K when they turn five, and it is unclear that intervention at that point will catch them up.  Instead, DCPS should intervene early.

DCPS should eliminate 5th grade from all of its ESs to make space for more Pre-K and PS classes.

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