Hi all, I'll just add that some level of this detail is already provided by the district in their enrollment report (scroll to last page): https://www.lincnet.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=11404&dataid=26127&FileName=Enrollment-22Oct01.pdf
This link is just for the most recent year, and it only includes summer exits (kids leaving at the end of the prior school year until October 1 of the current year), so it doesn't capture all exits, but it's probably the bulk of exits. I didn't dig back further to see if this was included in prior year reports. Best, Katy On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:47 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you. > So we know who leaves to go to private schools, and who simply move. > Important info. > Again, thanks for answering that. > ------ > Sara Mattes > > > > > On Mar 22, 2023, at 1:44 PM, Caitlin Hogue <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Where students go is already collected in the district's SIS. It is > required for reporting to DESE. > > Katy > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:29 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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]> >> 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]. >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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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