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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, is that true? There were over 20 students on the MV waitlists for DCI[/quote]

Looks like it and not surprised.  DCI looks out for their feeder kids and they get preference and maybe school made some size adjustments who knows.

But great for the feeder schools and sets a precedent for future classes that basically DCI is pretty much a guarantee. [/quote]

I actually don’t think this is a good thing. Where are these extra kids going? Larger class sizes? Teaching is already pretty hit or miss and classroom management at the middle school level isn’t great. The younger grades at our feeder are pretty huge so it’s not realistic to keep adding kids. People signed up understanding that DCI wasn’t a guarantee. [/quote]

I’ve got a middle schooler at DCI and surprisingly his classes are on the smaller side like 15-18 kids.  I think it depends on the class and level since DCI tracks. No major classroom management issues that our kid has had but middle school anywhere is hard with puberty and hormones.  Probably hardest stage.  DS did have a sub for a bit because teacher was out for health reasons.

No one knows if they increased their numbers a bit or it could just be that some feeder kids decided to go elsewhere or move.  But I don’t have a problem if they did add 40 kids or whatever in middle school[/quote]

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