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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, and the great majority of UMC Ludlow 4th graders are either heading to BASIS, one of the Latins, Inspired Teaching, CHM, a private or hoping to get off a public charter school wait list.

Bravo, DCPS![/quote]

There is no data to support this statement. In fact an increasing percentage of LT students are remaining for 5th. It is also funny to watch people talk about LT as one of the "gentrified" schools in the same breath as they say DCPS has no shot of gentrifying schools. You are all glossing over what LT looked like merely 4 or 5 years ago.

My point here is that it doesn't advance anyone's interest to just make things up. So many of you on DCUM just do what Stephen Colbert's character on the Colbert Report used to do: don't worry about facts, just stick to "truthiness".[/quote]

Different poster. You don't seem to have the skinny on LT in 2022. We've been collecting data in the neighborhood. No great challenge.

We've asked around about IB numbers for 4th grade at LT for SY 2020-2021 vs. 5th grade IB numbers. We get this info from half a dozen IB LT 4th grade families (longtime neighbors, friends) who've been at the school for years.

What my numbers tell me is that more than half the IB LT families in 4th and 5th grade left for ms charters last year. This year, it looks like most will leave, with strong LT representation at Latin 2. Not the great majority leaving as stated above, but a majority.

Same old story, like Maury, Brent and SWS. Any surprises?

Draw your own conclusions.[/quote]

So the DCUM echo chamber wasn't myopic enough for you? You seriously asked your friends in the neighborhood and THAT's your sample "data"? [/quote]

Yes, opening your eyes and seeing the number of kids that used to be there and no longer are is a good way of collecting data.

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The problem with that approach is confirmation bias. You expect to see something and so you see it. You cannot see subtle demographic shifts if you are too close to them. I am not accusing you of malice, but you seem not to grasp this concept. Best of luck to you. [/quote]

Word salad, what are you talking about?  Parents at these schools [i]know the other families.[/i]  Everyone can tell you Larla, Larlo, Larla II, Larlo II, Larla III, Larlo III, Larla IV, Larlo IV, Larla V, Larla VI, Larla VII are going to BASIS.  And rattle off a similar list for Latin.  And this year Latin II will be in the mix, which means even more kids will leave, because folks aren't going to stick around for a crappy DCPS middle school experience if there are other options.

If we had a Deal-like school, nobody would be trucking their kid downtown to a shit facility.  This is a mess of DCPS's creation. [/quote]

You don't understand what the term "word salad" means. It doesn't mean something with which you disagree. And it doesn't mean something that makes you reconsider your entrenched position. You are like my toddler who gets upset when she doesn't understand what's going on and has a temper tantrum. Except in your case you just scream "word salad" in the hopes no one will notice your ignorance. [/quote]

You literally have yet to make a coherent point, word salad. [/quote]

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