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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Do you have any evidence that the Stokes Board is considering the DCI middle school issue?[b] I have looked at the Board minutes [/b]and see no evidence that it has ever even been discussed. If you think the [/quote]

Please post these board minutes that you speak of. I've never seen Stokes Board minutes and I did search for them. Not saying that don't exist, but I can't find them, so I'd love to see them. Please post a link. [/quote]

I'm not the PP, but I [url=http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/215140.page#2137239]found this on DCUM[/url]:

excerpted from this weeks Stokes Banner (Issue XV)

[i]"If approved, the DCI wold open in school year 2014-15 with 200 students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes and would eventually grow to its capacity of approximately 1,000 students in the 6th through 12th grades.

"This combined middle-high school would allow students to continue to pursue a rigorous academic program while building on the language and cultural immersion experiences from their primary schools [Stokes, LAMB, Mundo Verde and Yu Ying]...at DCI, students would have the opportunity to...earn the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Certificate, followed by the globally-recognized prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma and/or International Baccalaureate Career-Related Certificate.

" '...(Stokes School Founder and Executive Director, Linda Moore)...cautions, however, that the board of trustees has not yet committed to middle school expansion and significant legal and financial challenges' confront the four schools that are exploring the development of DCI." 
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