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[quote=Anonymous][quote=DCPSschoolplanning][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=DCPSschoolplanning][quote=Anonymous]There's a reputation for violence / unruly behavior at the school.  Can you share any measures you've been tracking and what you're doing to create a better environment?

The scores are pretty abysmal.  Why would someone with a capable child envision sending them there?
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The purpose of the re-envisioning is to improve what Roosevelt has to offer students and parents. With a newly renovated building next fall and a multi-year roll-out of new academic and career training offerings, we want to make Roosevelt a high school more parents will choose. That kind of effort doesn't happen overnight. To see a more detailed explanation of proposed changes, you can take a look at the presentation we’ve been giving at community meetings: 
https://reenvisioningroosevelt.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/december-2014_academic-proposal-for-community-input.pdf

As you look at the presentation, please feel free to pose questions or provide input by emailing us at andrew.katz-moses@dc.gov[/quote]

[/quote]That doesn't answer either question.  Do you not see these as problems?[/quote]

No problem! What we mean to say is that these efforts are all designed to improve upon some of the successes that Roosevelt has already seen in the past few years. Roosevelt is just one of the high schools in the city that needs re-envisioning, and we are going through this planning and implementation process to ensure all in-boundary (and out-of-boundary) families see Roosevelt as a viable option that leads to college and career success. These programs will take years to implement and refine, but they do represent the hard work being done at the school and district level to keep improving instruction and Roosevelt’s outcomes.[/quote]

I'm still not getting it.  Can you elaborate on the "successes that Roosevelt has already seen in the past few years"?  Are you tracking behavioral problems, absences, suspensions, etc.?  What are the successes?[/quote]

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