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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids who stay at DC General- did they attend their old school or the one zoned for DC General?

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I believe they have a right to attend either. In practice, I read somewhere (not sure where) that the number of kids from DC General attending the zoned school for DC General is small - <15?[/quote]

This was discussed in another thread.  Of the 100s of kids at DC General less than 30 currently attend the IB school for the shelter.  I'm assuming its mostly upper grades since they don't have to guarantee spots for preschool.  Someone claimed something like 40% of the children in DC General are under 2.  There is not going to be a huge influx of kids into the IB schools for the new shelters.  People need to settle down. [/quote]

Agreed.  40% of homeless kids in DC are age 0 or 1.  There's another big chunk who are 2 or 3 (and Stoddert starts at PK 4).  And some are middle and high school aged. The median number of kids a homeless family in DC has is slightly over 2.  It's probably safe to say that if the shelter has 40 families in it, and 90 kids, that maybe 30 or so are elementary school aged.  I would guess that not even half would enroll at Stoddert--so that's what, maybe two per grade? Not an overwhelming number. Eventually, if the DME recommendation is implemented, any family who got into Stoddert by residence in the shelter and then moved to a different neighborhood would have to lottery in to return the following year. Even now, it's at the principal's discretion whether a child could stay the year after moving.  [/quote]

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