ReEnrollment at Inspired Teaching

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be most helpful to hear from parents who are not Re Enrolling at IT. Why not? These specifics are of far more assistance than people heaping general praise on the school. We are deciding between IT and Murch.

What grade PP? It makes a difference.

[Anonymous]

I hear good things about IT, however, there is something to be said for the certainty of a well established school, feeding into Deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be most helpful to hear from parents who are not Re Enrolling at IT. Why not? These specifics are of far more assistance than people heaping general praise on the school. We are deciding between IT and Murch.

Research both schools thoroughly. Hopefully, you've had a chance to to tour the school while in session to get a feel for the community. Talk to current parents. Then go with your gut instinct. Never underestimate the value of your intuition. I had to make a similar decision last year. Going with my intincts served me well.

[Anonymous]

what did you choose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what did you choose?

I chose IT over a very well regarded DCPS (which seemed crazy because IT was a start up). But my DC who is in an upper grade is light years happier and more engaged at IT than at the DCPS school she previously attended (which I really loved). It was a difficult decision and we held her spot until the very end, but I have zero regrets.

Again, go with your gut and depending on your child's age, you may even want to ask them which school they prefer. I did and I was shocked by my DC's answer. She really wanted to go to IT! (I personally think she liked the idea of not having to wear a uniform ). But, I still couldn't understand why she was so ready to let go of the school she was at; a school where she was excelling.

I asked her about this recently and she said she was just kind of bored. My takeaway from our conversation was that her previous school's approach to teaching subjects was fairly routine and the learning experience was just "okay" even though I could clearly see her progress. Contrast that with IT where the teachers are challenged to come up with new and different ways to approach material and all of sudden she's skipping out of the house every morning and talking my ear off every afternoon about what went on in school that day.

I'm not saying go with IT. That's a personal choice and not every school is good for every child. But when I was stuggling over the decision and I finally managed to get quiet and listen to that still, small voice within--the right answer came to me.

[Anonymous]

Murch will have higher SES students with fewer behavior problems. IT has some behavior issues that it needs to address.

[Anonymous]

Behavior issues have been a problem at IT, hopefully Zoe will communicate the school's official policy soon as it leaves some parents anxious. I think it is a difficult issue for them to deal with as they hesitant to come down hard on the kids.