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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both schools seem to be on track to sort out most of their grade 3 and 4 issues (mainly lack of challenge for advanced learners) within the next several years.

I think you're going to see more high-SES families staying for 5th at both Maury and Brent before heading to private middle schools - that's our plan.  And more will probably stay to lottery into DCI MS, opening in fall 2014 up at Walter Reed, which won't start until 6th, unlike BASIS and Latin.

Watkins will only be able to compete with the other middle-class friendly elementary schools by scaling down (so not enough room for a gaggle of Ward 7 and 8 kids) and moving K from Peabody.  The Cluster has struggled to keep high-SES kids for a quarter-century now.

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I agree.  At Brent it will definitely keep some 5th graders who will look at private middle schools IF --and it is a big one--it can sort out the level of expectation and teaching in the upper classrooms.  It will not be about pullout or advanced math sections. It will have to be an across the board improvement in the curriculum to include more challenging material, writing assignments and critical thinking for all of the students.  If that doesn't happen, people will go private in third and fourth and not waste time. This is already happening[/quote]

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