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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Matt Frumin ran unsuccessfully for the Council several years ago and might try to run again.  But after his performance on the school boundary committee (he dismissed John Eaton as 'collateral damage' when it got booted out as a longtime feeder to Deal), he'd face an uphill race.[/quote]

I know the Eaton folks are mad about that, but my understanding is there just aren't that many Eaton parents who live in Ward 3. It's not an issue that grabs the rest of the ward, because for the most part the feeling is better them than us. Ever watch a nature documentary when the cheetah takes a gazelle? The other gazelles relax, knowing they're safe for another day.[/quote]

Eaton is now 50% IB. With shy of 500 kids enrolled. 470/2= 235 kids of IB families. No idea how many are siblings to venture a guess at how many total families/voters that is, but regardless, I feel the need to keep saying this since people on many threads keep saying Eaton is majority OOB. It's not and if this year's PK is any indication (all IB families with 22 on the wait list initially, which would fill next year's K class with mostly IB given there are 75 K seats, and 36 PK seats that 58 families initially wanted along with another group of families that didn't apply for PK but intend to come for K as always happens - they stayed at NCRC or Aidan or Franklin or the Gan at Adas Israel or wherever to finish out the last year in those programs) that percentage will continue to rise. [/quote]

At the time of boundary changes, Eaton was in the 30% range for IB.[/quote]

I'm not sure what it was then has to do with what it is now? As I said, I'm trying to correct the continued misinformation spread about Eaton's state today. Which is a school that continues to increase its IB percentage and is no longer majority OOB. [/quote]

I think the point that the poster was trying to make is that switching to Hardy doesn't seem to have harmed Eaton's enrollment.[/quote]

And it generally won't.  Why?  Because some OOB students at Eaton actually have IB rights in their neighborhood for Deal, so the switch is, uh, no big deal.  For other OOB students, Hardy is still way better than their home zone middle school, so the fact that Hardy is not Deal's peer matters not.  The real question is whether the loss of Deal will impact IB enrollment, particularly at the upper grades or will more kids leave regular DCPS for charters and privates at the end of 5th grade (or even earlier to secure a good spot at a Hardy alternative).[/quote]

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