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[quote=Anonymous][/quote]Is it really true that neighborhood kids leave because the SI program limits space available to them?  Are kids transferring successfully to RHPS?  I had not heard that.  Are the EA classes so full that transfers would be allowed on that basis?[quote]

What I was saying is that the cluster doesn't make much use of RCF space b/c it's reserved for a magnet program.  Neighborhood kids leave the district for a variety of reasons, mostly (apparently) b/c they perceive the EA as being not as good as it could be thanks to the presence of SI.  I'm not trying to say that lots of kids transfer to RHPS.  I'm aware of 3 families that have done it.  The COSA process is not transparent so I can't say why MCPS allowed it, but I didn't say anything about EA classes being overly full.

[/quote]As for the reading level issue, that's interesting because I have definitely felt the same way about SI reading classes.  And for the first few years, the SI classes are huge compared to the EA.  I wonder how much is just a function of MCPS' poor approach to differentiation in general.  I think this is probably true at most elementary schools in the county, except for the ones in the very western part who don't have many ELL students.[quote]

SI classes aren't huge compared to EA although they're a good bit larger at the K level-25 SI vs. 17 this year I think.  Re: reading level, we apparently have a wider range than at most other schools.  You'll see kids (because they are new to the country and are non-native speakers) who haven't learned the alphabet in with kids assessed at 3 years above grade level.  Of course all classrooms deal with diversity of reading levels, but we have much wider than the average band.

[/quote]But do you really think if SI went away that more neighborhood kids would go to RCF?  I would think it would be the opposite -- that the overall test scores of the school would go down and it would be seen as even less desirable by the more affluent Chevy Chase parents in the neighborhood.[quote]

Sure, more kids would go to RCF if the space weren't reserved for a magnet program.  You're talking about test scores going down, but you are again failing to acknowledge that we are essentially two different schools.  The fact that MCPS doesn't disaggregate the data doesn't change that.

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