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If this were true, wouldn't Stuart Hobson have been popular with IB families for years?  After all, the school is just a few blocks from Union Station and Stanton Park.  Yet SH has yet to take off as a neighborhood middle school.  These are tough schools.  Not dangerous, but full of low SES kids leading tough lives, which turns off most UMC Ward 6 parents (though they'd be hard pressed to admit it). There's still not much in the way of definite academic tracking in DCPS middle schools, really just for math, even in 8th grade.  Rigor remains insufficient and enrichment weak compared to privates, the better charters and the high-performing suburban schools in the area.  Most UMC families just aren't incentivized to enroll.  A few more do every year, but most still won't.[/quote]

FWIW, S-H offers a wide range of enrichment opportunities.  The theater, art, and music programs are robust.  Nearly 70 students went to Space Camp this spring. There is a craft club, debate, mock trial, sports for every season, archery, cheerleading, gardening, several field trips a month.  It has been my experience that if students or staff have an idea or opportunity they would like to implement, leadership supports the effort.[/quote]

IDGAF about cheerleading or craft club if my kid is going to be behind in ELA and math…[/quote]

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