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Anonymous wrote:I am sure this is all correct. But a total of only 13 kids returning to *Brent* 5th grade is insane. Remember that the original rationale was that they had too many 5th graders for 1 class, but not enough for 2. Well they've sure fixed that problem!

No dog in this fight but Brent families have money and resources. They are not going to stay in their IB poorly performing middle school. Those that are thinking of moving to burbs to Bethesda or wherever will do it in early to mid elementary

While there go private and then those with less options Basis

Anonymous wrote:I am sure this is all correct. But a total of only 13 kids returning to *Brent* 5th grade is insane. Remember that the original rationale was that they had too many 5th graders for 1 class, but not enough for 2. Well they've sure fixed that problem!

No dog in this fight but Brent families have money and resources. They are not going to stay in their IB poorly performing middle school. Those that are thinking of moving to burbs to Bethesda or wherever will do it in early to mid elementary

I am sure this is all correct. But a total of only 13 kids returning to *Brent* 5th grade is insane. Remember that the original rationale was that they had too many 5th graders for 1 class, but not enough for 2. Well they've sure fixed that problem!

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Only 13 kids stayed for 5th grade at Brent. Anyone pretending the current 4th/5th grade combo has not been a failure is crazy. What is that principal thinking?

a huge number of the rising 5th graders got into BASIS.

21, to be precise. Wow.

Yu Ying sent 10 to BASIS. All other schools n<10.

Also, Brent is in a renovation so kids are being bussed pretty far away (maybe Columbia Heights?) for a couple of years. That may have led to an even bigger number of kids who jumped ship.

They lost a significant number of kids at every grade level, which is different from previous years. Their overall enrollment is down this year, certainly in large part to the renovation.

I am sure this is all correct. But a total of only 13 kids returning to BASIS 5th grade is insane. Remember that the original rationale was that they had too many 5th graders for 1 class, but not enough for 2. Well they've sure fixed that problem!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Only 13 kids stayed for 5th grade at Brent. Anyone pretending the current 4th/5th grade combo has not been a failure is crazy. What is that principal thinking?

a huge number of the rising 5th graders got into BASIS.

21, to be precise. Wow.

Yu Ying sent 10 to BASIS. All other schools n<10.

Also, Brent is in a renovation so kids are being bussed pretty far away (maybe Columbia Heights?) for a couple of years. That may have led to an even bigger number of kids who jumped ship.

They lost a significant number of kids at every grade level, which is different from previous years. Their overall enrollment is down this year, certainly in large part to the renovation.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Only 13 kids stayed for 5th grade at Brent. Anyone pretending the current 4th/5th grade combo has not been a failure is crazy. What is that principal thinking?

a huge number of the rising 5th graders got into BASIS.

21, to be precise. Wow.

Yu Ying sent 10 to BASIS. All other schools n<10.

Also, Brent is in a renovation so kids are being bussed pretty far away (maybe Columbia Heights?) for a couple of years. That may have led to an even bigger number of kids who jumped ship.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Only 13 kids stayed for 5th grade at Brent. Anyone pretending the current 4th/5th grade combo has not been a failure is crazy. What is that principal thinking?

a huge number of the rising 5th graders got into BASIS.

21, to be precise. Wow.

Yu Ying sent 10 to BASIS. All other schools n<10.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Only 13 kids stayed for 5th grade at Brent. Anyone pretending the current 4th/5th grade combo has not been a failure is crazy. What is that principal thinking?

a huge number of the rising 5th graders got into BASIS.

Years of kids fleeing whether or not BASIS is a good fit + sibling preference will probably do that.

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Anonymous wrote:81 Hardy students went to MacArthur this year.

John-Francis got a bunch in 6th from temporary feeders - Garrison 24, Seaton 15, Cleveland <10. In all four years prior, all of these schools sent <10 to Cardozo.

Interesting. What will happen to John Francis when those temporary feeders end. And those feeder schools? It's a lot from Garrison.

John Francis will offer more lottery seats again. I imagine many will go to students from Garrison, Seaton, and Cleveland as they did before.

Hopefully the new Euclid MS will get a lot of buy in from its feeders too, but that remains to be seen.

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Anonymous wrote:81 Hardy students went to MacArthur this year.

John-Francis got a bunch in 6th from temporary feeders - Garrison 24, Seaton 15, Cleveland <10. In all four years prior, all of these schools sent <10 to Cardozo.

Interesting. What will happen to John Francis when those temporary feeders end. And those feeder schools? It's a lot from Garrison.

Well, some of the temporary feeder kids might have siblings at Francis, and others of them could get in with no preference. So it might be more of a gradual slide. I think what happens to Francis is going back to getting kids via lottery like it did before.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Only 13 kids stayed for 5th grade at Brent. Anyone pretending the current 4th/5th grade combo has not been a failure is crazy. What is that principal thinking?

a huge number of the rising 5th graders got into BASIS.

Anonymous wrote:81 Hardy students went to MacArthur this year.

John-Francis got a bunch in 6th from temporary feeders - Garrison 24, Seaton 15, Cleveland <10. In all four years prior, all of these schools sent <10 to Cardozo.

Interesting. What will happen to John Francis when those temporary feeders end. And those feeder schools? It's a lot from Garrison.

Wow. Only 13 kids stayed for 5th grade at Brent. Anyone pretending the current 4th/5th grade combo has not been a failure is crazy. What is that principal thinking?

81 Hardy students went to MacArthur this year.

John-Francis got a bunch in 6th from temporary feeders - Garrison 24, Seaton 15, Cleveland <10. In all four years prior, all of these schools sent <10 to Cardozo.

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