OP seems like a troll. At a minimum, she's a pot stirrer.

Take the bait at your own risk.

So has it worked?

Latin's charter was written to stop accepting new students after 9th grade. Part of the reason it was written that way was because the graduation requirements were that students had to complete a minimum of 4 years of HS Latin (as well as other subjects) and were not equipped to catch up students who entered later.

My understanding is that there was also a sense that parents were pulling their students to attend privates in 9th grade, with the attitude that, if they didn't think the quality of the private school was up to par, they could simply re-enroll at Latin. It was messing with the culture Latin wanted to engender in the HS with the large influx on 9th graders who were underprepared.

Just a jaunt across the Park to the Chevy Chase Club.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Besides seniors, I thought kids leaving would mean more space for entering students. Not true?

I think because of the Latin language requirement, a student cannot enter the school after 9th grade. They wouldn't be able to meet the requirement for graduation.

Such myopia. Translation, the kind of kids they attract couldn't meet the language requirement. My kid takes MS Latin at a private - he started in 4th grade. His cousin, who is home schooled, started earlier.

It might not be the language requirement. It could just be the way the charter was written.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Besides seniors, I thought kids leaving would mean more space for entering students. Not true?

I think because of the Latin language requirement, a student cannot enter the school after 9th grade. They wouldn't be able to meet the requirement for graduation.

Such myopia. Translation, the kind of kids they attract couldn't meet the language requirement. My kid takes MS Latin at a private - he started in 4th grade. His cousin, who is home schooled, started earlier.

Anonymous wrote:"the hood" may also just mean "too far away now." don't be so sensitive.

Yes, I use "the hood" to mean "too far away now" all the time. For example, just the other day I told a friend of mine "I love Trader Joe's, but Bethesda is the hood, so I can't go there."