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Except there are numerous comments in this thread that Maury is actually failing kids in the upper grades and that the only reason test scores at Maury remain as high as they are is because the school has a lot of high-SES families who can supplement and support at home.

Also, I'd argue that there are schools more successful than Maury in DC, including in Ward 6, and DCPS isn't clustering them.

Increasingly it seems like both Miner and Maury have issues and maybe a cluster is a good idea as it would enable them to both pool resources and boundaries (and IB families) to see if they can address them together as they have been unable to address them apart. It certainly does not seem that Maury is some kind of paragon of public education that DCPS is destroying out of spite. Brent's test scores are just as high, L-T does a better job of education at risk kids, Tyler's immersion program is well-respected, SWS and CHMS both fill niches in the city and remain in high demand among  parents who want those approaches. There's really nothing special about Maury.[/quote]

I don’t understand this argument for the cluster at all.  If both schools have issues, why would putting them together be a solution?  Wouldn’t that just create more issues?  And DCPS cannot seem to solve the issues that currently exist at each school; wouldn’t it be easier for them to address the different issues at each school?  Or even if that isn’t easier, the cluster shouldn’t be implemented as a tool if it isn’t going to improve anything especially given the many logistical issues it is going to cause for families.

I also think that the many of the issues people have referenced at Maury are in later grades.  A cluster would exacerbate those issues given the likely significant attrition that will happen when there is a transition from one school to the other as we see with Peabody and Watkins. [/quote]

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