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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The major issue has to be that Murch had k classes this year as small as 16. Oops! But last year they were as large as 27 (you try hiring a fifth teacher in September). With volatile IB enrollment because of apartments and embassies, OOB enrollment is the only way to plan ahead.[/quote]

But why not just wait until September and take kids from the wait list to fill up any under-enrolled classes?  [/quote]

That would be rational.  And we don't do rational in DCPS.

I think it's more an issue of money (you project a certain budget, and you need to have the enrollment match to keep the money), politics, and the major-do-whatever-it-takes-to-get-into-Deal/Wilson-card.  At some point, the calculus will change, and people will prefer to go to some school other than Murch, because it will be so large, it will no longer be able to offer the kind of quality that drew everyone to it in the first place.  Hearst is a fine school - I would start betting on its overtaking Murch in popularity in the new few years.[/quote]

To be clear, "keep the money" means keep the classroom teacher. Lose the teacher/money and you have a class size of 28+. DCPS does not have a plan for handling an expansion year that causes a temporary dip in class size below the sweet spot that funds a teacher, other than forcing the school to take OOB students.[/quote]

Ok, I see your point.  But that works for 1 grade (often that happens in 5th).  But Murch isn't taking 60 kids to fill in 1 grade.  It's taking 60 kids to fill in every grade.  Is every grade below the sweet spot?[/quote]

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