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[quote=Anonymous]Enrollment is SY21/22: 492, SY22/23: 510, SY34/24: 565, SY24/25: 542.
So upward enrollment trends for the previous 3 years with a small drop this past year. Not really "significant", but fine. There is also a good chance that parents are looking to enroll at other schools right now because of the upcoming modernization and the inconveniences of commuting to a swing space.
Reminder, Chisholm is a title 1 school and serves a large number of students from nearby public housing. 
"Equity" does not always have to refer to race. When advocating for the middle school, the argument is around geographic equity since all of the current dual-language middle schools are located in NW DC. 
Adding dual-language at EH would be awesome, but they really don't have the capacity to serve large amounts of dual-language students from both Chisholm and Houston unfortunately (they actually decreased their building capacity during their modernization which seems silly). The Jefferson principal has said that she does not see a full dual-language program as part of her future vision for the school. But trust, this option has been explored, because we agree, it's a good option! Maybe she will change her mind. Would love to hear other ideas!
And one final thought, the two lead parents on the campaign are not likely to still be in DC by the time their kids go to middle school. They aren't doing it for selfish reasons, they're doing it because they think ALL children deserve these types of opportunities. [/quote]

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