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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I enjoy the Barcroft commenters. Their rosy outlook is a nice change of pace.
How many apts are zoned to that school compared to sfh’s? They might build enough momentum.[/quote]

Thanks! Look, this year's fr/l rate is 59%, down from the all-time high of 65% in 2014. I have no idea what will happen with boundaries, but assuming Barcroft is left largely intact, the MC kids are there to have a 50-50 balance. But you have to get their parents to choose the neighborhood school. If their kids enroll, there is no reason the school can't balance on its own, without any gimmicks. But I personally think that the calendar has to change if it's going be attractive to the majority of MC families. Even if current MC families like it (and many of them do), there are just too many who don't like it or can't make it work because of family schedules. If it's a matter of providing year-round care for disadvantaged kids, there are schools that would benefit more than Barcroft, and I don't hear anyone talking about expanding the year-round calendar to other schools like Carlin Springs and Randolph. I think this calendar is going to go away at some point as all these gimmicks outside of defined option programs are being phased out. [/quote]

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