Simply documenting where they went would be a good and non-intrusive start. Maybe that is already done.
Some might be reluctant to answer a survey, or participate in an interview, but simply documenting where the child went would give some clues. ------ Sara Mattes > On Mar 22, 2023, at 1:25 PM, Barbara Low <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found hope that the new super and principal would take action to do exit > interviews or a survey or somehow gather information that will hopefully be > useful going forward. > > Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> > From: Peter Speert <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 1:04:21 PM > To: Barbara Low <[email protected]> > Cc: Bob Kupperstein <[email protected]>; Karla Gravis > <[email protected]>; Lincoln Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln School attrition data going back to 2016 > > Excellent point, Barb. Would it be feasible to send questionnaires to > families that have recently left the school system to ask what motivated > them? > > Peter Speert > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 22, 2023, at 10:28 AM, Barbara Low <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Without exit interviews, we don't know why that is taking place. And if a >> child is removed from the Lincoln School for whatever reason, it is very >> easy for the rest of the children in the family to follow even if they lack >> the precipitating issue. Different vacation schedules can be a very strong >> reason for the family's convenience. How do we not lose the first child? No >> one should object to gathering more information so school actions are not >> taken or avoided due to ignorance. >> From: Lincoln <[email protected]> on behalf of Bob Kupperstein >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:23 AM >> To: Karla Gravis <[email protected]> >> Cc: Lincoln Talk <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln School attrition data going back to 2016 >> >> I've been in Lincoln for over 30 years now and parents have been moving kids >> out of Lincoln schools ever since I can remember. They do it for a variety >> of reasons and academic excellence is often not the main reason. At >> different times I remember parents being concerned about discipline in the >> schools, lack of structure, lack of desired extracurricular activities, etc. >> Very often, many parents want their kids to go to schools similar to the >> ones they went to, whether that means private schools, parochial schools, >> more structured, ..., whatever. >> >> I'd caution against taking this data as a sign that Lincoln schools aren't >> performing well enough. >> >> -Bob >> >> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 9:13 AM Karla Gravis <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Since the topic of trends has come up, I pulled together attrition data for >> previous years, straight from the DOE website: >> >> School 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 >> 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 >> Lincoln 6.2 6.8 7.1 6.8 7.8 5.0 8.5 >> Carlisle 2.7 3.7 4.0 2.9 4.3 2.3 3.5 >> Dover/Sherborn 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.1 4.8 4.1 3.0 >> Lexington 3.7 3.0 4.0 2.5 6.2 5.9 4.2 >> >> Going back as far as 2016, Lincoln School consistently has the highest >> attrition in this group (with only one single exception in 2021 where >> Lexington was higher, but we were still higher than Carlisle and >> Dover/Sherborn). Getting this data is a very manual process, which is why I >> focused on our similar districts plus Lexington that was used as a >> comparison, but I am happy to add other towns if people are interested. >> >> It's not a difference of 1 - 2 students. Carlisle has a similar size to ours >> (383 in grades 2-7 versus our 356). If we had had their attrition coming >> into 2022-2023, we would have lost 18 fewer children. I am not making an >> assumption as to why our attrition is higher, but I do think it is worth >> investigating. >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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