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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for opening this dialogue.  I'm Ward 5, just blocks from Brookland Middle, and our kids, as well as literally every other elementary-aged kid on my block, goes to a charter or another DCPS that they got into OOB.  It doesn't mater how pretty the building is, or how convenient, if you don't do some things correctly, you'll open up a sinking ship.

My thoughts:

1.  There are going to be children attending this school who will need wrap-around services: mental health, social working services, etc. and I will want reassurance that they are receiving the support they need beyond the classroom so that teachers can teach them when they're in a class with my kids.  Teachers should be allowed to work around IMPACT for this set of kids, and class-size should be smaller for those in need of extra attention.

2.   Per pp: a test-in, or honors track, would provide those students who were fortunate enough to be in demanding early-years programs with the challenge they need.

3.   Creative programming. Languages are great, I agree focusing on those will pull some of the neighborhood charter kids in.  However, a strong science program is also very desirable for us, particularly one that is hands-on and project-based would be very attractive and pull people in.  [/quote]

Another poster here who agrees with these points.[/quote]

Another Brookland parent here, that would love to consider this option rather than go across town for a current third grader.  I would like to see an intensive focus on helping kids who are in the upper grades at the feeder schools with potential but maybe not resources to get to the point that they could say handle the curriculum they have a Deal or Hardy. A summer academic track that would boost these student's knowledge base. [/quote]

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