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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Yes. My youngest was challenged under the upper school model even less than the older sib was the year Brent reopened at the end of the pandemic. It was a worse experience socially as well, but not a disaster. After being at Brent from the first year of the current principal, we're not fans of hers, while recognizing that she has her good points.
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Can I get your thoughts on why you think the upper school struggles?

My child is going to PK3 next SY (yes, I am aware of the swing space). They’re a ways away from 3rd but I am still curious.

The principal didn’t particularly wow me on the tour but staff did.[/quote]

I mean, having a model where a 4th/5th grade class is 80% 4th graders is never going to work out well for the 5th graders... It's basically 4th grade again for the sub-50% of 5th graders who don't escape to greener pastures. It's actually not terrible for advanced 4th graders as long as they leave before 5th.[/quote]

Interesting, my understanding was 5th grade was mostly at risk students.
DCPS is also forcing Brent to open more 2-5 grade classrooms so perhaps the principal will split the grades. [/quote]

Brent barely has enough at risk kids in the whole school for the 5th grade to be majority at risk. I mean, that's obviously me being facetious, but its not like Brent is taking 5th graders in the lottery, so at risk kids can't just materialize then. Given that the school is 8% at risk, that's only 34 kids in the whole school based on current numbers... So a single grade has maybe 7-8 of them max? Even if they all stay for 5th, that's 1/3rd or less of the 24 remaining 5th graders.[/quote]

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