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[quote=Anonymous]All of what the previous poster said, coupled with the fact that because J-H has been failing for a number of years, and for a time was billing itself as an arts focus school,  parents were for a long time allowed to opt out. That changed recently, but I imagine that once kids had opted out, they were allowed to stay opted out so for a period of 4 or 5 years any kid whose parents cared at all about their education went elsewhere.

One additional factor is that until the school was rebuilt, they had a horrendous "open classroom" design that seems like it could only have hurt attempts to teach. I don't think you can blame the problems on the facility, and I don't think a shiny, new facility will magically fix things, but I do think it had an impact on learning.

I have met several white, middle class families of late who are planning to take a chance on J-H over the next few years assuming the redistricting happens. I may be one of them (depending on where the new lines are) and I will definitely be meeting the principal and participating in some of the PTA meetups for rising Kindergartners. [/quote]

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