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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no point to open the City Center MS. Not enough kids to fill it.[/quote]

Have you looked at the Seaton and Garrison feeder demographics under the new boundary proposals?  Currently more than 500 ES-aged students in each catchment...and projected to go to over 700 in the next 4 years, but it's just that neither is good enough to retain them.  Add in Thomson and the Cleveland English-track and you'd have ~200 students per grade if there were 60% participation.  If you don't ever provide quality neighborhood elementaries, the middle school is an illusion.

And that's just the way a variety of lobbies (From developers to charters) like it.[/quote]

Where are these kids going now? Cardozo?[/quote]

They are assigned to Cardozo but only a tiny handful go (maybe 2-3 year from Garrison; 5-6 from Seaton). Most bail by 3rd or 4th to Hardy/Deal feeders Hearst, Stoddert, Hyde or Francis Steven, though FS is now in the Cardozo feeder so probably less attractive, even though is it a MS safety school.

Privates (in droves), Latin, Basis, even Jefferson, CHECH, or SH and EH.  Anywhere but Cardozo for MS or HS.[/quote]

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