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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain to me why the Ward 5 middle schools didn't work 5 years ago before they blew up the model? We are not that far removed in Ward 5 from having middle schools--why didn't they work then? Why were they under enrolled? Lack of resources? Lack of beautiful facility? Before we march down the path of a stand alone middle school AGAIN, walk me through why Ward 5 middle schools were so bad at attracting kids before.[/quote]

They had a long history of being low-performing.  Once several successful charters opened up in Ward 5 (DC Prep comes to mind) they siphoned off the best students.  Then the middle schools accelerated their under-enrollment and poor performance.  The competition kept growing and they failed to improve.  Essentially, they were abandoned by the Ward 5 parents of middle schoolers who got sick of them and chose other options.  This is the same story of many middle schools in DCPS (it happened in Ward 4 too).  Two former Ward 4 middle schools are now EL Haynes and Cap City (still being built out).[/quote]

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