“The community has wholly welcomed new students and families, but the requisite staff and resources to support all students have not been made available to the school,' the report says.
In its 51-page report released this month, the group said the lottery — which uses grades, attendance, and other measures to qualify, and gives preference to students from underrepresented zip codes — has profoundly affected the school, which educates students in fifth through 12th grades. Students with “basic” or “below basic” competencies were admitted into the school, it said, which was ill-equipped to handle the new range of teaching differentiation.
In the past, the vast majority of Masterman high school students came from its middle school, but the lottery effectively ended that pathway. Because the high school now cannot rely on most students coming with the kind of accelerated academic background provided at Masterman’s middle school, the high school has also had to dilute the quality of its classes and instruction, parents wrote.
The parents said they feel fixes are possible. They asked for a better, nonrandomized recruitment process that addresses barriers students of color encounter; more resources to support struggling students and those who need acceleration; and other changes inside the school. But, McCrae said, “I don’t agree with the current system. I don’t think that randomization creates equity. I think there has to be a human touch to actually create equitable spaces.”Masterman still has, there will surely be pushback to the idea that Masterman needs extra resources, McCrae said. But letting the changes the lottery has wrought continue without course correction will fundamentally alter a school held up by the district and city as a nationally recognized point of pride.
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