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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Barcroft also has no chance to improve. Once Gillian place families move in, its FRL percentage will go up. If the SB takes  Alcova Heights into Fleet, a large percentage of the UMC will leave the school. So, either way Barcroft has no chance. It faces many of the same challenges as Randolph because of the number of walkers coming from MARKs and CAFs around the Pike. Many UMC families have choiced out.

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Barcroft is at 59% fr/l. With the exception of one year, it's always been under 60%. They have a new principal, and a pretty active PTA. We'll have to see what happens with the boundary. This is another neighborhood where people are paying $$$$ for a SFH. Not everyone is going to get a spot at an option school and there are a LOT of UMC little kids here. In fact, within the walk zone, it's exclusively UMC except for one CAF. We'll have to see what they do with the PU's outside of the walk zone. [/quote]

I don't believe that's accurate re. the 60% statistic.  It's been above 60% for most of my kids' careers there.  The other factor to consider is how the revised transfer policies will impact a school like Barcroft where there are already a high number of transfers out.  Eliminating the geographical preference to immersion could very well open up more seats for kids in the Barcroft zone.

The PTA is active, though not as broadly as in years past.  It is a small - I mean small - group of the same parents every year.  There is some new blood and they are trying to find their stride determining what efforts they should focus on, what things to worry not-so-much about.  Overall I think the community and school suffered a bit (some positives occurred) under the previous principal.  But the current principal seems to have raised expectations again - and that can only be a good thing regardless of what happens with the boundaries.  It wasn't a bad school to begin with.  Not the best, but hardly the worst.  And environment is very important.  I'd choose that environment again over any with the snobby, entitled, out-of-touch-with-the-real-world mindsets expressed on this forum any day.[/quote]

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