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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with the latest comments. Sela has been a wonderful school and community for my children for many years. Lots of us are happy there and have chosen to stay, even without a feeder school for middle and high. Enrollment certainly drops off in the higher grades as some lottery into middle schools that start in 5th or move out of DC. The school has been actively working on a feeder school, but it’s challenging for many reasons. Also, Hebrew will never be the most popular language to learn. For us, we were open to any dual language program at a school where our children could thrive both academically and socially. Sela has been that place for us and many families. This petition was a shock to receive in my inbox this week and posting it here is simply ridiculous. Those hiding behind it won’t even reveal themselves to the school community. That’s telling in my opinion. [/quote]

Why do you think Sela's growth stats are so low?

Understand that poor academic growth compounds year over year to pull down performance. If you love your school, and it sounds like you do, open your eyes.[/quote]

If the group of people trying to take down the leadership, which is supposed to include staff, puts forth no theory of why the growth numbers are low, how is a parent going to know that? I've been happy there and my older kid did not struggle academically with the transition to middle school, and it doesn't seem like their friends did either. I can't speak about anyone else. [/quote]

They could know by looking on DC School Report Card, where Sela scores in the 22nd percentile. If you're fine with that, great. But I can't look at that and say there's no problem here.[/quote]

The median student grew at the 27th percentile in English and the 37th in math. You have no idea why. I have no idea why. And the people who are complaining about this have no idea why and no plan to improve this. As a parent, all I can tell you is that it's been a good school for my kids and I've had zero concerns about their test scores. [/quote]

Well yay for you, but I'm concerned about all the kids not just my own.[/quote]

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