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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will DCPS final tackle it’s middle school problem? So many Hill families are leaving their elementary schools for Latin and Basis in 5th grade, the ones that stay are sort of the left behinds, and the kids are now old enough to get that they didn’t win the lottery. All because there isn’t a middle school plan for DC. Is DCPS at all concerned about what this is doing to their middle schools?  [/quote]

Huh?

There is a pretty large cohort of Brent students headed to Jefferson this fall. Students from the Hill attend Stuart Hobson.

Before Latin and BASIS Hill students went OOB to Deal, Hardy and private school.

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Give us a break, a dozen Brent students are heading to Jefferson this fall, if that (parents who get off the Washington Latin or BASIS waitlists over the summer are unlikely to feel solidarity bound).

It's hardly a "large cohort," especially when considering that almost half the 4th graders never made it to 5th grade at Brent.  This coming fall, 2/3 of the 4th graders won't be returning to the school, little better than two or three years ago.

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Let's not pretend that "barely half" (it was actually close to 2/3s of the 4th grade class) going to Brent this past 5th grade was not a positive change. Next year it will be smaller (although that class has been smaller for the past few years). Should be interesting to see what happens with the larger classes that are coming up. Seems like lottery luck still plays a big part.

And considering the past cohorts from Brent have been under 5, 15 or so is a pretty big change. [/quote]

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