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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what high performing schools on that side of the city doe't have a good hs feed? Stodderd?  put those schools with shepherd and lafayette and make it a "small" high school and cap it at 800-1200 as a carrot since not everyone wants a huge high school and it will feel like an attractive alternative to Wilson.  You need to create a second highschool not just move families into an underperforming school that will be at capacity soon anyway.  Not sure what to do about deal.[/quote]

Those are ES, they also need a middle school, and there are many of those already, and they feed to under enrolled high schools. So even though I like your idea because it created a carrot as you say.  A joined up Middle and High could work, but still do the numbers support it? And could it be justified with the current facilities available.  I bet the answer to both of those is NO. [/quote]

Can't they keep teh same middle school but be zoned for a different high school?  So Ross feeds to cardoza middle school feeds cardoza but then Ross feeds new "lafayette shepherd west ross stodderd" high school. throw in one underperforming school too.  Families can go charter or private for middle school and then join high school.  Lafayette and shepherd can go to deal and then join new high school, no feed to wilson. [/quote]

If Francis-Stevens middle school students were routed to Cardozo middle and high school along with the current schools feeding Cardozo (so, a middle school of Ross, Francis-Stevens, Thomson, Seaton, Garrison, and Cleveland) that is a group of students with a good number of high-scorers on the PARCC, and probably more high-scorers 5 years from now. Removing 6-8 from Francis Stevens would also allow more elementary students there so there'd be more kids in the feeder pattern for Cardozo. But it takes some buy-in from the families in-bounds and right now the ones who are zoned for Francis Stevens want to keep the status quo and the ones who aren't are wrapped up fighting an already-lost battle to get a Shaw Middle School on the site DCPS has already chosen for an expanded Banneker. So all 6 school communities would have to work together to improve Cardozo MS...some things people have said they wanted on the thread about that include staggered start and end times for the middle and high schoolers, a dedicated middle school principal with a contract more than one year long, and guaranteed honors classes for kid who come in at or above grade level even if those classes will be small. [/quote]

Very well said. But a tough ask when there is a big population who can vote with their feet. Perhaps if Oyster Adams fed to the high school that woudl boost support for the middle, ie there will be a strong cohort at high.   But I cannot see people willing give up good enough feeds, ie Ross and Thompson, to support the families of the other schools who are likely to not stick it out. Many more carrots are needed from DCPS. [/quote]

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