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[quote=Anonymous]Here is another area of concern from a board member:  about the number of at-risk students in the school going down and disproportionate discipline.

It's not about "not serving at-risk students well".  It is about how Latin will serve more of them in a more equitable way.

MEMBER BUMBAUGH: So your school has
5 a very good reputation in this city, and I think
6 it's well earned. I have a lot of friends and
7 former student who send their children there, and
8 they're happy with your school.
9 You began to address some of the
10 issues that I want to raise, but I just feel the
11 need to state them publicly, which is -- I will
12 say personally, it gets exhausting to see the
13 highest-ranked academic schools in this city
14 consistently have among the lowest at-risk
15 populations.
16 In a city where almost 50 percent of
17 kids are at risk, your numbers are 6.8 in the
18 middle school and 16.8 in the high school. It
19 makes it easier to achieve Tier 1 status.
20 MR. ANDERSON: Sir --
21 MEMBER BUMBAUGH: Furthermore, when I
22 look and I see that the at-risk students are
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1 being suspended at rates of 26.6 percent, it's
2 frustrating.
3 MR. ANDERSON: Yeah.
4 MEMBER BUMBAUGH: So I just want to
5 say I support a school like Washington Latin
6 being made available to more students, and
7 particularly at-risk student. I also would like
8 to say that when you come back here next year, I
9 do hope to see the suspension rates much lower
10 for at-risk students.
11 And I -- and the harder thing is, we
12 hear so many of the highly regarded academic
13 schools say they're interested in equity and
14 diversity, and we just don't see their at-risk
15 numbers move.
16 We do see the suspension rates go
17 down, which is progress, but get -- you know,
18 this -- you chose to open a school in Washington,
19 D.C., so serve the children who live here.
20 MR. ANDERSON: And actually, one of
21 the ways that we think we can do that is by
22 opening a new school. I'll tell you why. With
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1 the lottery and the sibling preference, we only
2 have 120 new spots every year, and when we have a
3 sibling preference that accounts for anywhere
4 from 30 to 45 percent of those students, it's
5 hard to move the needle.
6 And one of the ways that we're hoping
7 to do this is by changing some of our recruitment
8 methods, to try to attract even more of those at9 risk families to apply. That's one of the things
10 we're committed to, both for our current campus
11 and for a new campus.
12 So thank you.[/quote]

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