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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think for Brent it was that Jefferson does a great job remediating the outrageously dismal test scores of Amidon.  If Amidon students went to JEfferson with the a higher level of proficiency, Brent parents would be more likely to give Jefferson a shot.  But is is galling that Stuart-Hobson is actually closer to Brent and more part of Captiol hill neighborhood, yet S-H is not an option.

[b]So, a simplier option is to make S-H a middle school option for those that live in the S-H area.  They could do this by stopping the automatic feed to S-H for those that attend certain elementary schools that feed into S-H out of boundary.

Stopping the automatic feed into a middle school based upon what elementary school you attended for 5th grade would actually reduce many DCPS problems.  [/b][/quote]

The problem with this, from DCPS's point of view, is that it shuts down an escape route for lower-SES families from dismal neighborhood schools.  When >50% of DCPS students can't perform at grade level, that's a more glaring, demanding, urgent issue than satisfying the Brent parents.  It's already a given that the majority of those parents will choose Latin or Basis over SH even if it were an option.[/quote]

That is not a given. It has not been tested or even asked.

It is not about satisfying Brent parents, it is about the health of the public education system overall

Keeping OOB slots at SH, Hardy and Deal cannot be the entire answer to helping those below grade level students. That thinking leads to where we are now[/quote]

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