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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brent parent here-- where is the incentive for parents to try again?  As I see it, as long as there is hope that BASIS and Latin and other seemingly successful middle school options are available, there is no incentive.  Yes, it will be a bit sad next year when my kid skips out of 5th grade at Brent to attend a charter school instead, but Brent friendships seem pretty tight and are likely to last even though they will mostly disburse before 5th.  Maybe it is good for parents to be forced to think about what type of school really works for their kid for middle school, rather than just blindly follow the herd onto the next school as what we did in my community as a kid where no one had the pleasure/pain of school choice.  Yes, it is annoying to have to go to all those open houses and do all the research, but it may actually be the best thing for the kids. Silver lining of the lack of a definite path to one, specific, middle school from Brent, I guess.[/quote]

Plus Latin and Basis solve two problems with one solution by providing a path through HS (I suspect that hurts Two Rivers more than any academic shortcomings).  That's appealing to many Hill families given that Wilson is a tough draw OOB and SWW is highly sought after.  Despite having time on our side I'm not terribly optimistic about the prospects for Eastern.  There's always private, parochial or moving as well.[/quote]

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