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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the poster who thinks that Drew as a neighborhood school will have a lower FARMS rate, then Drew with Montessori- you should know that APS stated at the budget work session that when Montessori is removed from Drew, the Montessori program will no longer be Title I, because the FARMS students who make the  school Title I are in the neighborhood program.

I don't actually have a problem with high FARMS schools, and I think the new principal is outstanding.  But- if you think the school is going to improve in a Great Schools sense (which is really all based on test scores, which is based on socioeconomic status) then you are dead wrong.[/quote]

I don't think I said it would have a LOWER fr/l rate. I just don't think it's going to be 80% like Carlin Springs, which, btw, has a GS score of 6. There are other north and south Arlingon schools that have 40-60% fr/l that are GS 5/6. And there are some with similar fr/l rate that have 3/4. I don't know what exactly the difference is, but I suspect strong leadership and buy-in from at least 20% UMC families who donate their time and money to the school helps. I don't see a scenario in which Drew does not have those two things. [/quote]

GS ratings are kinda bogus anyway.consider that the farms rate for the graded program is probably at least 80 percent right now. The Montessori income guidelines aren't the same as farms. That's why the Montessori program won't be title 1 at Henry and aps has said so. Adding a bunch of apartments from arna valley isn't going to make the farms rate go down, and [b]the SFH in Nauck are all already zoned to Drew[/quote][/b]

Right, but now they don't have guaranteed admission to Montessori or Immersion, so if they don't get a countywide lottery spot, they either have to move, go private, or enroll at Drew. [/quote]

Exactly right. Move, go private or option out is basically what Douglas park SFH have been doing for years, instead of attending Randolph.[/quote]

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