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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eastern is already running some super-non-transparent application program for kids who apply. Typical DCPS fashion of being really secretive and subjective about admissions.

https://www.easternhighschooldcps.org/pdf/2023_EPIC_edition1_newsletter.pdf[/quote]

yes but that's for kids who already got in (by living in-bounds, going to a feeder, or getting a space through the lottery). There's a lot DCPS could do at the middle school level to increase the number of in-boundary kids who want to go to Eastern and getting kids more prepared for high school by the time they enroll in Eastern. [/quote]

I don't think the issue is intentional secrecy, if you go to an open house or reach out to the school they are happy to explain it. I think it is a newer program and it has some overlap  with criteria to other selective programs. They talked about it when I went to an open house last year. This could be a separate thread in itself, but as someone with a child in one of the feeder middle schools, I am curious to hear how that program is for the kids who are enrolled.[/quote]

If it's so not-secret, what are the criteria? And how does it work with the lottery?[/quote]

It's for kids who are already enrolled in the school, through the lottery or otherwise, so it makes sense that information about it is directed to current students and their families. If you go to one of the tours or then my school DC fair in December, you could ask about it, or email the folks on the flier pp posted.[/quote]

So you have to enroll in 9th grade and then apply, and then they move you into the program for the rest of the year? How bizarre.[/quote]

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