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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly if I were a Miner parent, I'm not sure I'd be super enthused about this. The logistics problems are real. Miner itself will probably get *less* money due to demographics. Then you get to (or rather, have to) go to Maury, but not Maury as it currently exists, instead it'll be Maury with worse test scores and worse behaviors. Sure, just about anything's better than Miner, but right now, Miner parents stand a good chance of lotterying into Ludlow-Taylor and Watkins in upper grades, or any number of other schools. Even Brent makes a few offers. By-right access to a worse version of Maury doesn't really feel like an upgrade over what's currently de facto available, considering the other disadvantages of the Cluster proposal.

It's funny how making changes to Miner to help with basic functioning, performance, and retention is not on the table here at all.[/quote]

Nice try, but no. Just as I can see why Maury families would oppose this plan, it's pretty obvious that the cluster stands to be an upgrade for both current Miner families and families IB for Miner who have younger kids. Even just as a potential option.

Right now I don't know a single Miner IB family who is actually enthusiastic about the idea of sending them to Miner's upper grades. ECE is fine, upper grades not so much. Every one of them would prefer a cluster to that option. And the lottery exists as an alternative no matter what happens. It's not like they lose the option to lottery if the cluster goes through.[/quote]

Why would Miner families assume the cluster will provide a good by-right school in the upper grades?  Both Miner and Maury lose kids in the top grades and a cluster is sure to exacerbate that with a clear break between upper and lower schools. Look at Peabody-Watkins. Peabody is around 70% IB and Watkins is 30%.

This is a short-sighted approach for Miner families, because Eliot-Hine is getting increased IB participation, but if IB families start leaving the upper grades due to the cluster it will set E-H back years.  A good middle school is harder to find than elementary.[/quote]

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