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The Brent families did not help the cause. I'm white and even I bristled at the stuff coming out of Brent families' mouths. They were preternaturally focused on what was "really the Hill". A concept no one but 75 year old, double knit wearing real estate agents cared about. Somewhere along the way someone told Brent families it was a winning argument to try and isolate "those people" north of H Street. Go look at the threads. Brent families argued proximity to SH but didn't want to hear that JOW was actually closer. Their argument was that JOW wasn't actually part of the neighborhood so even though it was closer to SH than Brent, it wasn't culturally close. It was icky.
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That's VERY different from "make one giant middle school with all the Eastern feeders"

I think you could make the case for consolidating into two middle schools, but [b]it's really hard to do in a geographically logical way with the gerrymandered Peabody/Watkins boundary.[/b][/quote]

I know breaking up the Cluster is probably a total non-starter, but reviewing the Hill elementary boundaries and not having Peabody/Watkins zig zag from from Congressional Cemetery to Union Station would be a good start. There's one spot where the boundary is a mere 2 blocks wide! Although Watkins, Payne, and Chisholm all being so close together is a whole different set of challenges when it comes to drawing boundaries.[/quote]

My dream is that Jefferson become a 6th grade academy for all Eastern feeders. A ton of electives, field trips, extracurriculars, social-emotional learning...but also tracked classes and a focus on developing study skills and executive function. Make it a really special, exciting year that bonds the kids and gets them excited about the next 6 years of their education. Grand Rapids has 6th grade academies that are a good model of this.

Then have SH and EH each teach 7th and 8th grade, with kids coming out of Jefferson given the option to express a preference but only guaranteed that they will get one or the other. SH could be an arts integration model, capitalizing on its existing theater program but doing a bunch of other art forms too (writing, visual arts, music, etc.) and tying in to the Eastern arts pathway. EH would be pre-EPIC with close ties to the EPIC and IB programs at Eastern.

People might complain a bit about getting their kids across to schools that are a bit more distant for a year or two, but I think it would help with the issue of retaining kids for grades 5-12 in the Eastern pyramid, and overall provide a better education. [/quote]

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