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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think they studied this, but I would support a system that first gave preference to at risk kids whose sibling(s) attend the school and then to other at risk kids.

I wouldn't want the good goal of at-risk preferences to make more at-risk families face situations where siblings would be split up.

Requiring schools with low at-risk percentages to back-fill their classes throughout the year and in every grade would also make a huge difference. There is no reason why Ross, for example, can just choose not to take kids and wind up with a 12-student 5th grade.
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There would still have to be some sanity involved for it to work. They can’t just add 11 at risk students to those 12 and expect to continue the dynamic of the cohort. Maybe the number added to a class any given year should be capped at 10-20 percent to balance preserving the class and benefiting at risk. [/quote]

Maybe the "dynamic of the cohort" is less important than the benefit to at-risk kids.  [/quote]

NP. I thought the "dynamic of the cohort" is exactly what is supposed to benefit at-risk children. It's not like the teachers at a Upper NW schools are better, let alone better prepared to meet their needs than the teachers at their IB schools.[/quote]

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