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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a good idea of how it would work from what has happened at SH in the last 6 or 7 years.  The Hobson experience teaches that if you attract at least a dozen high-performing students to a DCPS 6th grade, the school starts providing English, math classes and possibly science and social studies classes pitched at grade level.  The parents organize after school foreign language.  Electives like art, music and PE are not going to be ability tracked.

Make no mistake, housing project MS kids can be rough. When you're at a school like Brent, when there are few, you don't get a good feel for how tough their homes lives really are.  My neighbors pulled out of SH after 6th grade, because their shy daughter was coming home in tears on a regular basis (after being called vulgar names, mildly threatened, shoved, tripped, pushed etc. by small groups of kids outside the building). Schools with lots of project kids generally foster a book camp type atmosphere inside the building to keep kids in line.  What happens on the playground and on sidewalks around the school is another matter. Admins advised the family to suck it up. They didn't- they bailed for Deal by moving.  [/quote]

Thank you for provided a clear eyed take on SH.  This is consistent with my read on the school.  Lots of famiilies weigh the rougher edges against some of the more obvious benefits.  The Cluster retains some and also loses students to Latin/Basis/independent like other Hill ES.

I would clarify one point -- there is more economic diversity at SH among AA students and it's unfair to imply that all are "housing project MS kids", and not that it's even fair to further stigmatize children living in public housing.   56% of SH are economically disadvantaged according to OSSE.  That's 3x the rate of Deal but comparable to Hardy.[/quote]

The suspension rate is about equal between SH and Hardy - 13%[/quote]

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