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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having entire elementary classes "churn" by first grade helps no one. None of these schools will ever go anywhere if families don't invest in them.[/quote]

It churns for a reason.  Resolving those reasons is the answer.  Lack of middle school options will usually be one of the main reasons.[/quote]

One of those reasons: JKLM (and Stoddert) parents squatting in EOTP schools until they get by-right entry to K. Let's just stop that.[/quote]

Oh, you just stop that. You know full well that Ward 3 parents are a tiny fraction of the churn. The vast majority are EOTP parents who play the lottery again and again until they get into one of the few highly regarded schools, and if not, they move. Very few plan on staying at their IB school beyond PreK, unless it happens to be one of the few desirable ones.[/quote]

This.  We live in a very desirable and popular EOTP neighborhood - largely expensive and popular because of young singles with lots of disposable income, easy metro access, attractive architecture, etc.  The value of our home has exploded, but the quality of our local DCPS is stagnant.  Nobody with means would send a child there if there is any other option on the table.  In fact, when a few local families didn't get into an HRC such as ours, one chose to move to MD, and the other two chose to move WOTP.

Point being:  WOTP families aren't encroaching on EOTP schools.  They only come EOTP for school if they get into LAMB or YY.  Meanwhile families with the same educational expectations either get into LAMB or YY (or a few others HRCs) or they move WOTP or leave the District entirely.[/quote]

The gold medal for missing the point. The discussion is regarding PK3, which WOTP families absolutely travel for. I welcome them as I think having higher SES families outweighs any negative impact of churn, which is overstated anyway. [/quote]

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