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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

This. There are just too many UMC cramming into Barcroft and Alcova Heights for it to stay the way it is. There's the possibility that some people are buying and are planning to go private, but there are plenty who aren't. We can't all go choice. I guess we could all try to transfer to one of the schools in the south, but it seems like a better idea to fix the school we're zoned for. I'm half tempted to show up for the tours later this week, but my kiddos aren't school age yet.[/quote]

You don't have to wait until your kids are school age.  In fact, going now and getting involved now would be a good thing.  it will help you get to know the school and community sooner and be more familiar when your kids are ready for kindergarten.  Also, it will be an excellent way to evaluate the principal and the staff, by seeing where the school is now and where it is going, and then where it is when your kids are ready to start.  And if you don't like where it goes between now and then, you will be able to make a well-informed decision when kindergarten comes around.[/quote]

+100 Well said, good advice![/quote]

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