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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One factor that has stagnated SH a bit is Watkins’ decline. LT has massively improved in terms of IB buy-in and UMC buy-in during the period from ‘19-‘20 to now, but Watkins has gone downhill in both categories m. Additionally, [b]increased IB buy-in for LT may actually paradoxically have the effect of decreasing the percentage of enrolled kids heading to SH.[/b][/quote]

This is true. I know a number of families who would were planning to lottery for a select group of charters and, if they didn't get in, simply do private. But they were persuaded to give L-T a chance and have decided to stay because it's a good school. But they never intended to or even considered to do MS at DCPS -- again they will lottery for charters and go private if they don't get a spot. The same with HS -- their kids will do the application high schools or attend private. These parents can afford private school (just as they can afford homes in close in Capitol Hill) and don't feel compelled to attend a school "on the upswing." They want a school that is already established as having ng met their standards for academic rigor and good behavior. L-T does, SH and Eastern do not.

You also see plenty of parents like this at Maury and Brent though.[/quote]

Yes, for this long time LT family, the change has been astounding. When we started, they couldn’t report non-at risk or white scores in the testing grades; now my kid has at least 5 5th grade classmates heading to expensive privates (GDS, Maret, CHDS). When we started, the PTO had no money and no big fundraiser. Now it has an auction that raises 6 figures in a night. The community has gone from one where the best local DCPS MS (SH) was clearly the best option to one where plenty of families have a real choice. It doesn’t surprise me that the effect on SH attendance is decidedly mixed even as the school improves and most people at LT have a decent impression. Even with that, like last year, this year there will be a decent chunk of UMC kids heading to SH, including a few academically very good students (and a few stand out theater performers, who probably liked SH for that reason).[/quote]

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