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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So to the OP's original question, it doesn't appear that the new leadership has driven much overall improvement in the school.[/quote]

Well, it takes a long time to make enough change that it'll show up in the data.[/quote]

Fair point, but I was hoping to glean anecdotal insight.[/quote]

Look, TR had a catastrophic decline between 2020-2023. The mass exodus of leadership is a related thing. From what I can tell, this year has been a majorly stabilizing year but it will take time to rebuild what was lost. [/quote]

You can dig up multiple threads with lots of thoughts/opinions of TR the past few years, and I do think there are some valid reasons families were leaving. But what I also see happening has nothing to do with TR. There are more families who are feeling comfortable sending their kids to SH, EH, and now there are two Latin campuses, and Basis, DCI, etc. Again, I am speaking from the outside, as somebody who has worked in and had kids in DC schools for 9+ years now. Both looking at data and enrollment trends at other elementary and middle schools, and also anecdotal observations of families opting out of their TR spot to return to DCPS for upper elementary or middle, or turning down their lottery placement there b/c they are happier than they thought they'd be at their original school. [/quote]

Agreed re: other MSes improving. Also, as someone pointed out upthread, I think the improvement of L-T has played a role in TR4 losing some of its luster and I think the same is true for Payne and TRY. Realistically speaking, even a well-run school replacing departing UMC kids with kids much more likely to be not UMC is going to face some issues. If you do that with a struggling leadership while expanding and facing a pandemic... you get what happened to TR.[/quote]

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