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SH does not have good buy in from the feeders. It’s IB rate is only 28% so 3 out of every 4 kids are leaving.  
And no, 3 out of 4 kids in its feeders are not getting into Latin and Basis BTW.
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That's just such rubbish! It's a city-wide fact that most students leave elementary school into other feeders and other systems (charter, private). For better (and for worse!) we have school choice DC. It's for middle school that parents are making it. We took our kids OOB from Maury to Stuart Hobson and to Jefferson. We fell outside of those 28%; now, per the above statement, that should tell you these schools are undesirable?! (FYI, both kids went on to excellent high schools and colleges of their choice. No, at best, that indicator tells you nothing. Or maybe it tells you they're doing something right.)

Today, we might prefer Eliot Hine, or maybe we'd go back and choose that DCI French track we wavered after all. You need to look at your student, at what they need, at your situation, at the opportunities before you, at what's important to you and your family here and now, and make choices on that basis. Then commit to it and make it work. I'm convinced that more than half the success that our kids stand for can be credited to minimizing commutes and investing in our family's convenience and happiness. That left us with plenty of bandwidth to support everyone and bring our best selves into our family's needs. This may not be how others see it, and that's fine and exactly what the system allows. I'm not a big supporter of school choice but I am for making the best of it since we have it. And let's stop judging people and schools about it![/quote]

Stuart Hobson and Eliot Hine now have comparable IB participation rates around 30%.  As you point out, that is only one data point, but EH's has been steadying climbing for years, which is a positive trend.[/quote]

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