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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record, the majority of kids who came to Jefferson from Brent last year are still there this year.

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All 5 of them?[/quote]

Definitely more than that. And my point is that the majority of Brent families who gave Jefferson a try for 6th grade last year were happy enough to return for 7th this year.

Looking the bigger picture, the overall retention for Jefferson students from year to year is very good. And it’s clearly one of the more popular middle schools in DC, as demonstrated by the length of its waitlist.

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I understand what you are trying to parse but...
[list][b]The sample size is very, very small. This would be more meaningful with a larger sample size[/b][/list][list]People who went to Jefferson are likely in one of two categories: true believers or people with no other viable options (read: bad lottery luck and no mobility. It stands to reason that those groups would remain.[/list][list]This is one time when relativity might be instructive. How does the YoY retention of Jefferson for that cohort differ from the SH and EH cohorts from other ES?[/list][/quote]

Whatever. You or someone else made the claim that “many” leave after the first year. In response, I pointed out that most of the Brent families who came to Jefferson last year are still there.

Now we’re being told that the sample size is too small anyway.

Great, constructive conversation.

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