Bancroft Elementary open house January 20 9:30 am

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Anonymous wrote: I respect parents who are willing to be in the vanguard, who are committed to improving their local schools. We're just not comfortable participating in that "social experiment" when it comes to our own kids.

OP here. I understand your thinking. However, I'm the bleeding heart optimist who's willing to take a chance on my local school in hopes of helping it improve. And if you go there for PS/PK, then move on, and a low income kid takes your kid's place, it's going to be so much harder. Don't you feel a little guilty about doing that? All I'm asking is that you start out in the kind of school you want in the first place.

PP here. We're definitely exploring (and applying to) several other schools--namely PCSs. Some of would be PS/PK only because that's all they do (i.e., Appletree, Bridges), and some would be schools that we think/hope we'd be comfortable with for the "long haul." If we get in to any of the PCS options, we'd likely go with the PCS for exactly the reason you mentioned--so that we could leave a slot at Bancroft for someone who's committed for the long haul. However, if we don't get into any of our PCS options, I would feel very good about having my older kiddo at Bancroft for PS and PK, and seeing how things go from there.