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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason Brent is lumping 5th graders in with 4th graders is because 5th grade numbers are way down after Covid highs. Last year's 5th grade class was a bubble class from the get go, Brent's first fully in-boundary K class six years later.  Almost half of the 5th graders stayed at Brent last year, three dozen, many shut out of both Latins and BASIS, with two 5th grade classes. [b]This year, there aren't even enough 5th graders to justify running a single self-contained classroom for them. [/b]Brent is reacting to the numbers generated by external forces.  City politicians and DCPS leaders don't care.[/quote]

This is not true. Brent had too many 5th graders for one class but too few for two classes. More 5th graders are staying at Brent compared to a few years ago.[/quote]

They made 5 lottery offers, so if they really did this to themselves that’s just… terrible management. But also? They didn’t offer any slots to the 22 kids on their waitlist, so they didn’t try to fill a second class. Even if this is the scenario (in which case, why not have 1 5th grade and 1 mixed 4th/5th unless you acknowledge the latter is worse… and so now you are hurting all kids in the name of equity), it reflects really poorly on Brent.[/quote]

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