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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another take away from the article: what the hell is going on at Ross? Eight fifth graders? Twenty-four fourth graders? What a waste of space and resources, and teachers. Those kids should be moved into a different elementary school and stop wasting all theory spent to operate that space to educate so few children. As a parent and tax payer I find that to be outrageous.[/quote]

I just checked the OOB lottery results from last year and it looks like there were 9 OOB kids waitlisted for 5th at Ross. Are we to assume those kids weren't called or they were called and they turned down the stop? I don't see anything wrong with 24 4th graders though. That's actually a good size class, bordering on big. Ross is a small school and only has one 4th grade, right? [/quote]

I would assume that Ross 4th graders apply en mass to BASIS & Latin, as the best charter schools available with no guarantee for an acceptable DCPS option.  The problem Ross has in attracting OOB candidates is the same problem it has in retaining students from 4th to 5th -- nowhere to go for 6th.  So, essentially, going to Ross for 5th is a one year solution.

Another problem with accepting new 5th graders it the DC-CAS is then administered to students who the school has educated for ~ 7 months, Sept to April of their 5th grade year, and the school judged by those scores.  A lot of principals won't widely broadcast "empty seats in 5th grade" because who know who will come.

I expect all 9 students on the OOB lottery wait list were contacted.  Maybe some of them even matriculated and are part of the 8 students in the 5th grade class.
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