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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a great week for the Brent community. Many 4th graders without older siblings at charters didn't land a spot at the public middle schools parents applied them to - Washington Latin, BASIS, Stuart Hobson, Hardy, 2 Rivers, Creative Minds, Inspired Teaching etc. It sounds like two dozen of the 60 currently have no DC public option other than Jefferson Academy. Some will get off wait lists by the start of school. Some won't. Brent's 5th grade of 18 will be larger in the fall as a result.  No telling how big just yet.

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Do you know how many sibs there were?  It sounds like more than 1/2 the 4th graders landed somewhere public for 5th (other than Brent) - whereas at SWS, it sounds like around 25% landed a public 5th grade spot (other than SWS).

[b]Anyone know what happened at Maury?[/b][/quote]

Same situation with it sounds fewer getting into Latin or Basis (if they applied) but generally not desperate like this conversation here, with many playing the lottery for the heck of it and others not even bothering. Just as Brent, Maury has some parents bound for Stuart-Hobson and happy with that and many others have confidence in Eliot-Hine and Jefferson. We will most certainly take a closer look not only at Eliot-Hine, with which we're familiar, but also Jefferson even if it's a little out of the way. We know families/kids at Jefferson who've done exceptionally well for high school placements. So no fear there.[/quote]

Please, Maury parents aren't guaranteed a spot at Hobson anymore than Brent parents. We're seeing the unworkable Hobson lottery numbers in the 200s over here so you must be seeing them over there. Many others with confidence in Eliot-Hine is BS. Show me the cohort of high SES kids at EH (because such kids are, er, the majority in the school district) and I'm convinced.

Right, so Jefferson Academy is fine as is. So where are the high SES kids there? [/quote]

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