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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what’s the situation at Van Ness? That are up to 4th grade now. Anyone know what families are thinking about middle schools?[/quote]

Upper grades Van Ness parents are in the same boat as Brent parents.  The choices are lottery into Washington Latin or BASIS, and possibly Two Rivers, try Jefferson Academy (by-right MS), go private or move.

Some of the Van Ness 4th grade cohort has already bailed for the burbs. The housing project kids in the neighborhood can be a discipline problem - they have too many needs for Van Ness teachers and admins to address effectively in the upper grades.[/quote]

Are you a parent there? Your observations on middle school choices are correct, but question the rest of your comment - retention is fairly high (some have left the area altogether but I don’t know anyone that’s left for the suburbs) Ive been impressed with the approach to positive discipline and the “housing project kids” - most lower income families come from mixed income housing.[/quote]

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