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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there a substantial number of OOB students still at Murch?  If there are, why are they changing the boundaries?  Just let the OOB students graduate, don't take any more (or a lot fewer) OOB students going forward, and see if capacity is sufficient for the IB population.  Only if it isn't (and is projected not to be over a sustained period) should DCPS fool around with the boundaries.[/quote]

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This isn't how it works. It is not like the entire 5th grade is OOB and everyone else is IB, such that 4 classrooms will be empty when they graduate. The OOB population is spread across the whole school with only 0-2 OOB students per classroom. Expelling all of these great kids today would not open up a single physical classroom. The need for addition physical space is entirely driven by IB population. [/quote]

Don't be silly.  You don't "expel" OOB students but you let them work through the systems as the school stops taking more.  If the school is over capacity, it needs to stop taking OOB students.[/quote]

So if you have too many kids for 3 k classes, but if you do 4 there will only 19 in two of the classes you just don't fill the classrooms to capacity?  That seems kind of selfish if there are families that want those spots for their children.  What exactly the benefit of this plan?

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