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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at Key. The kids who don't go to Lee usually go to bishop ireton or find a way to transfer to south county. A few go to Edison for the stem program. The majority go to Lee.[/quote]

The majority of your middle class students?[/quote]

Yes. To be fair, I don't know anything about their financial situation beyond what they tell me (there's no flag in the system for "free lunch"), but I don't teach ESOL. My gen ed/honors students more often than not go to Lee. Out of my 110 students this year, I had 2 go to TJ, one to St. Paul for sports, and one to south county. The rest are going to Lee, as far as I know.

Most years 2-3 go to bishop, 2-3 to Edison/south county, and the other 100+ to Lee. Key has 350-400 kids per grade, so if you look at grade sizes at lee it should be relatively easy to identify the percent that goes over.[/quote]

The problem is the AAP kids from Lake Braddock and Twain (that would be at Key) that do not attend Lee. So you chop off many of the top performers from the get go. How do you think that effects test scores?[/quote]

Absolutely that's an issue. I guess though I'm confused by families who are enthusiastic about key but worried about Lee. It's the same kids. Maybe people don't think middle school matters, but for peer group purposes it's the same.[/quote]

+1.  I don't understand why someone would be fine with Key but concerned about Lee.[/quote]

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