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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread was about Eastern trying to improve and people basically immediately saying they'd never send their kids because of test scores and then slowly starting to say also there are other reasons, like fit.

So I mean it, what can Eastern do to prove to higher SES parents to stay. It's apparently not getting a seasoned principal, or building out IB, so what is it? I am sincerely asking. I think there are a lot of HSs and MSs in DC that would love to keep their IB populations but truly struggle with how to balance a culture of people jumping ship even before kids get to MS and HS for WOTP while serving the students that do matriculate. [/quote]

Honestly, with the economy going the way it is, Eastern may not have to do much. More and more feeder families will not be able to afford moving or private school, and will be unlucky in the lottery. I know several families with a high SES who are at Eliot Hine simply because they lost the lottery. These families will likely continue to Eastern, because they’ve liked the EH experience, don’t want to move, and know its hard to get a seat at Walls/Banneker/DCI/Latin for HS. [/quote]

Sending your kid to EH is totally different than sending your kid to Eastern. There's a big drop off in in in-boundary enrollment numbers. There are other options than those four other schools, especially because by high school, the kids can get themselves wherever. [/quote]

Yes but the question was why and how to change that. PP's response makes some sense. People who can no longer afford to move or to pay private may start investing more in MS and subsequently HS.[/quote]

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