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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Starting at 5th grade rather than 6th grade means a lot of DCPS families are not going to consider. [b]I know a good handful of black kids, some EA, who tried to get into Cooper at 6th because they stayed at their local ward 5 school through the end.[/b]

The open house for Cooper last year had two kids asking if the math classes were advanced enough (both white and black). If you have a kid who is not on grade level, that makes you question if it's the right place.

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Those parents made a choice. That's how school choice works. In this case, they are even dumber than an average dumb parent because as EA families their kids were all but assured seats.

The result here isn't racist and it isn't a violation of principles or equity. It's parents making bad choices and their kids paying the price. [/quote]

Both BASIS and Latin want more diversity in their student body. Maybe having the lottery at 6th grade, [b]when many parents apparently would prefer to have their kids move to middle school, [/b]is one way to do it.[/quote]

Pick a lane here. Helping kids escape lousy ES is why we have charters. Remediating lousy ES educations (you know, the ones you have never heard of) is [b]why those schools start in 5th. The people who have ES they like and would remain in through 5th are not the kids you and your faux outrage buddies pretend to advocate for[/b]. Or are you suggesting that we need to be even more Brent kids at BASIS and Latin? [/quote]

I don't know. I'm exactly this -- we love our DCPS elementary but don't like the middle. My kid is in 4th now and is really sad at the thought of not finishing our his elementary school career at his current school. We would love to stay for 5th and then lottery for the whole lot (Latin plus good DCPS middle schools) but the fact that Latin starts in 5th makes the calculation harder.[/quote]

Choice is so haaaaaaard.  Lottery for Latin in 5th. It’s a no-brainer. Le tme be clear:   No amount of 8 or 9-year old “sadness” over leaving their elementary school a year early should deter you from the possibility of getting a seat at the best public MS/HS track in the city. It’s that simple.    [/quote]

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