Since it's May, the school likes to let parents and students know their status for promotion into the next grade level for next year, so they can prepare for Summer school, a repeated grade, deportation back to Yemen, etc....
Out of 34 high school general music students, 16 are considered "promotion in doubt", a staggering 47 percent.
Combined, this means that roughly 41 percent of my students are likely to repeat the grade that they are currently in. Assuming this rate of failure applies to the entire 6 - 12 student body of 430 students (not an outlandish proposition), then this means that 176 students will be repeating a grade.
At this rate of retention, the population of the school will be 200% over capacity in a mere 3 years.
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