Bromwell Elementary, one of Denver’s best performing public schools, is the subject of brewing controversy.

Parents have sought to “out” families that have lied about the residency in order to get into the school via Denver Public School’s choice lottery system.

Alexander Ooms, a charter school advocate, has the math on the Education News blog:

Bromwell has enrollment of about 325 students; assuming 1.2 kids per the 30 identified families, we are talking 36 kids, or over 10% of the school, and quite probably more (and I doubt it is limited to Bromwell).

The parents are being asked to swear, with the possible penalty of perjury, that they live within the school’s enrollment boundaries.

First reported in the Denver Post, but long a problem throughout Denver, parents seeking to get their children into high-performing school’s fudge their addresses, using ones that identify them as living within the school’s neighborhood attendence boundaries.Those children then displace other families that have followed the district’s “choice-in” policy.

Ooms writes: The district school closest to Bromwell is Moore Elementary. Bromwell has an overall proficiency rate of 93%. Moore, with 75% FRL has a proficiency rate of 35%. That’s a pretty big gap.

The school send parents a letter, asking some 30 households to prove up their right to be in the school.

DPS has yet to respond to the issue– begging the question, why can’t Bromwell be expanded to accomodate more students with an high-quality education.

Have an insight on the Bromwell situation? call thecherrycreeknews at 303-458-7541.

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