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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record, the waitlist at Jefferson consistently exceeds the number of offers made. If the building is “half empty” (whatever that means), then it’s due to a DCPS decision to limit enrollment. It’s certainly not due to a lack of demand.
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But it definitely is due to a lack of demand from those with a right to attend. They *could* fill up the building if they were actually interested in attending. [/quote]

Anybody else fed up with a tiny coterie of pro-Jefferson high SES in-boundary parents defending the lousy arrangement?  Please tell us how many of the current in-boundary 5th graders at Brent are en route to Jefferson?  By my count, half a dozen out of a cohort that supplied Brent with more than 60 IB 4th graders.  Pre-Covid, there were at least a dozen in-boundary 5th graders heading to Jefferson.

When is the political day of reckoning for this train wreck coming?  Lack of demand is a growing problem of epic proportions that isn't discussed in public fora let alone addressed in any meaningful way.  Why should voters settle for IB middle schools in name only, schools fed almost entirely by demand from some of the city's poorest neighborhoods here in 2023?  None of it makes good sense.

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It isn’t coming. The ship has sailed for a generation at least. All 3 MS have been renovated. There is no way they are going to shut one down or adjust the boundaries to move more IB students into the smallest MS. There is no “fix” to this unless you can elect a mayor that would do something about it. Even then, I have a hard time believing they would do anything to weaken a school that they just put $80M into.

Honestly, the only thing that would “fix” these MSs is kids showing up. That’s how you raise test scores. Most Hill parents would love to get into Hardy. If Hill kids showed up, there would be 3 schools close to Hardy.

So I guess those are your answers, send your kids there (I know, a crazy thought) or organize and elect a new mayor. Good luck. [/quote]

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