Said a different way, ~44% of the kids who left last year did so for private school.
I looked through school committee archives, and previous enrollment reports for 2018-2021 do not include this same table, but the one for 2017 does. I've copied the original table from 2017 below, and created a comparison for the 2 years where data is available. *2017* *2022* Total leavers 47 32 Leavers for private school 7 14 Enrollment 582 524 Private school leavers as % of leavers 15% 44% Private school leavers as % of enrollment 1% 3% [image: image.png] * The 2017 report has 3 students leaving for ski school but does *not* include them in the “private school” line. Not sure if ski school is considered part of “move” in 2017 and/or 2022. On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 7:07 PM Fuat Koro <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >> -- > 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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