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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is great.  I have heard that a big piece of what Melissa Kim did to tip Deal into the desirable school it is today was to actively recruit in boundary families.  This is no different than that and no different from the marketing that charters do.

In order to turn around dcps we need buy in from families, understanding how the children will be well served by their neighborhood school is key.  We need kids staying with the program so you have a well prepared cohort rising together.  Go DCPS[/quote]

Actually when Rhee abolished 6th grade, backtracked, but the writing was on the wall, Melissa Kim also did a lot to attract Mann parents, who during the underenrolled days always had the unofficial option of going to Deal.  And it worked.  They were not going to go to Hardy, they were going to go private or move.  They stayed and went to Deal.   Hard to imagine Deal requiring a hard sell now, but they should take a page from the principal of Hardy's playbook - next year all MS principals should go to the feeder schools and try to click with and convince the parents.  Most sensible thing they have done for years.
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