Based on the link Caitlin provided, at the end of last year an average of 1.5 kids/grade left for private school for a K8 total of 14. 18 kids moved. Last year was the highest attrition % per the DOE data Karla pulled. There's a delta of ~3 kids between the two sources. I assume those left mid year based on Caitlin's point.
Grade Private K 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 3 8 2 14 On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 2:42 PM Barbara Low <[email protected]> wrote: > I do think it is important to understand if students are leaving because > of dissatisfaction. It is difficult to improve if a system does not know > where the dissatisfaction comes from and whether it is something that can > be addressed and improved. Maybe some things cannot be fixed. If someone is > looking for more athletics, that may be hard to fix with a small school. If > someone leaves because they are not being challenged sufficiently, that is > something that can be examined. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sara Mattes <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 22, 2023 1:29 PM > *To:* Barbara Low <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Peter Speert <[email protected]>; Lincoln Talk < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln School attrition data going back to > 2016 > > 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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