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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One can still lottery in.  Several OOB K spots went to those with spectacular lottery luck this year.   The community is small - I don't like whispering campaigns and vigilante witch hunts related to residency when the parents making accusations are not in a position to know the full story in any particular case.  Those who report suspected residency fraud to Principal Young or the DCPS hotline are of course within their rights, but they should leave their anti-fraud/crowding activism at that.

I expect Brent to have more than 400 students within several years.

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There are many reasons Brent will never have an enrollment approaching 400 students.  First, the school simply cannot accommodate another 40 students.  Mobile classrooms on the playground are a non-starter for the majority of thr community and there is not an unutilized classroom or other space.  Second, as OOB students now comprise about half of Brent's population, any further increases in iB enrollment will be offset by (1) opening fewer lottery seats to OOB students through the lottery and (2) the continued exodus of families to charters and privates after 4th Grade (or in some cases even earlier).  I'll concede, however, that next year might prove to be interesting if the entire cohort of IB students who were waitlisted last year show up to enroll for K.  In any event, take a look around at Back to School Night this evening and try to imagine this event with another 40 families in attendance.  [/quote]

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