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Anonymous wrote:The "PLAN" by DCPS is that every middle school in Ward 6 must suck to high heaven and gentrification should just leave.

What is this obsession in America with middle schools, not a lot of countries have them and their children are successful and thriving. Maybe you should work on having effective elementary and high schools like most countries do. Middle-Schooled now are very different from middle-schoolers of old, assess do you really need them. Maybe what you need is academies at the high school level for older students to prepare them for college

Anonymous wrote:The "PLAN" by DCPS is that every middle school in Ward 6 must suck to high heaven and gentrification should just leave.

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Anonymous wrote:WARD SIX MS ENROLLMENT/CAPACITY
SH – 428 / 460
EH - 284 / 850
Jeff – 279 / 900

IN-BOUNDS STUDENTS
SH - 90
EH – 94
Jeff – 151

* Ward Six has capacity for 2,210 students in three middle schools.
* Ward Six middle schools use 45% of their capacity.
* Ward Six has 991 total students enrolled.
* Ward Six has 335 in-bounds students.
* Ward Six students fill 15% of the Ward Six middle school capacity.
* Most Ward Six middle school students reside outside Ward Six.
* All data w/o Shaw MS.

Eliot Hine and Jefferson have 300 students in buildings with capacity for 800 students. Stuart Hobson is enrolled near capacity.

Stuart Hobson is the second best middle school out of 14 in DCPS at 67% proficient. Jefferson and Eliot Hine are stronger than most middle schools, nonetheless under 50% proficient.

SH is up for phase one modernization in 2012. Jefferson in 2013, and EH in 2014. Each school is budgeted ~$15 million for a phase one modernization, yet it is unlikely Ward Six will get $30-$40 million combined.

Ward Six elementary schools have gained enrollment recently, but those gains are not being realized in Ward Six middle schools. Most Ward Six elementary students do not attend Ward Six middle schools.

There are Ward Six students at Ward Six middle schools who are classified as OOB even though they still live in Ward Six. E.g., Attend SH even though zoned for EH. Would need to know these numbers before assuming most ward 6 MS attendees reside outside of Ward six.

Even if you double the assumed number of Ward Six middle school students, you still have a hard time justifying three middle schools with capacity for over 2,000 students.