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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here who lives in one of the SFH neighborhoods zoned for Barcroft (but has a child at a choice school).  Does it still seem likely that the Barcroft year-round calendar will be changed in the near future?  I know that some of my neighbors with kids at Barcroft (yes, some neighbors do send their kids to Barcroft) more or less assumed that the year-round calendar would be abandoned soon. They got the sense that the new principal was not fully committed to the modified calendar.  But it was a while ago that I had those conversations, and I haven't heard much about the calendar - one way or the other - since then.  Is doing away with the modified calendar still on the table?

For what it's worth, I like the calendar.  It's much more like the school calendar I grew up with (in Europe) than the traditional American school calendar is.  I think it's a superior calendar (and would be even better if adopted across the board in APS). When DC was nearing kindergarten and we were considering schools, I viewed the Barcroft calendar as a plus for that school.  But it wasn't a big enough draw to make up for the fact that our choice options were higher performing schools.

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This. I also like the sound of the calendar. It's a lot more like the private school I went to, that followed a particular schooling style - can't remember the name. We had shorter summers, but longer fall and spring breaks. We had seminars, much like the intercessions. For me, it's the test scores - a school like this should be doing great, but the test scores give me pause. I think the high level of English learners is part of it, though when you look at their scores, I think they are doing a good job getting caught up, but it seems like the rest of the students suffer.[/quote]

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