Raymond Education campus? Extended year school program?

[mcjd79]

We have a offer for Raymond for prk3 I have mixed feeling about the extended year program. I see how it can be a benefit for elementary and especially middle & high-school. No sure it is that helpful for prk other than less time in other summer camps ect for many families. It is a bit further than our other options but does have a bit more diversity than our IB school and seems to have a lot of extra programs and okay Parcc schores.
If you are in a extended year program how are you liking it? Do the kids have enough 'down time' too?
Do you find the school to be friendly and a warm positive place for younger kids? How is it as kids move up? How are there special education teachers? Is the before & after care run well? We see it as a possibility to stay in the long run and are wondering if others are staying out of choice.


15-16
PARCC Math
19% 36% 29% 16% 0%
PARCC ELA
23% 23% 32% 22% 0%

Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5

[Anonymous]

STOP STARTING THREADS!!!

[Anonymous]

Maybe if you start a 5th thread asking the same question you'll get an answer.

[Anonymous]

OP, I mean this nicely. But there is no need to keep starting threads. There is no one with experience at Burroughs, Heights, Truesdell, Raymond, and Bunker Hill, or whatever else schools you're asking about.

All of these schools are going to be similar. They'll be fine for ECE, and you can play the lottery again.

So I'd look at commute, logistics, and which SN staff you like the best.

[mcjd79]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I mean this nicely. But there is no need to keep starting threads. There is no one with experience at Burroughs, Heights, Truesdell, Raymond, and Bunker Hill, or whatever else schools you're asking about.

All of these schools are going to be similar. They'll be fine for ECE, and you can play the lottery again.

So I'd look at commute, logistics, and which SN staff you like the best.

No one answered the question in regards to Raymond. IF you don't want to be helpful move on the the next one. This is supposed to be a from to get information...

[Anonymous]

mcjd79 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I mean this nicely. But there is no need to keep starting threads. There is no one with experience at Burroughs, Heights, Truesdell, Raymond, and Bunker Hill, or whatever else schools you're asking about.

All of these schools are going to be similar. They'll be fine for ECE, and you can play the lottery again.

So I'd look at commute, logistics, and which SN staff you like the best.

No one answered the question in regards to Raymond. IF you don't want to be helpful move on the the next one. This is supposed to be a from to get information...

New poster...Actually I did abswer about Raymond on one of your other threads. The problem is you have so many threads you can't keep track of the responses.

[Anonymous]

It is fine for ECE. But people leave after that, because they can. Once sibling preference kicks in, and some schools are a little easier to get into if you are older, chances are people are going to get a better option. It doesn't necessarily mean they've had a bad experience. But the high-SES group shrinks, and the achievement gap grows.

[mcjd79]

Anonymous wrote:It is fine for ECE. But people leave after that, because they can. Once sibling preference kicks in, and some schools are a little easier to get into if you are older, chances are people are going to get a better option. It doesn't necessarily mean they've had a bad experience. But the high-SES group shrinks, and the achievement gap grows.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

We are at another school that is on the extended year calendar. The PP on your other Raymond thread doesn't like the model. I actually do like it, but it's not without flaws.

I like the fall break. I liked the intersession weeks that we had this year, as they extended winter break and spring break by an extra week for my child, who didn't need to go to intersession. This coming year, the first intersession week is randomly jammed in the middle of February, which is annoying. I do not mind the loss of a longer summer, but I know that many people dislike that. I think that in the schools where extended year is being implemented, the majority of kids are not going to enriching camps or spending relaxing time at home, and being in school means fewer transitions and less learning loss.

At our school, how much down time kids get varies. If kids are in aftercare, it's a long day, objectively, for any kid. I wish that I could actually leave work at 3pm every day to pick up DD and just take her home, but I can't. Our school noticed that the young kids were having a hard time with any kind of structured activities in aftercare, so they removed the structure. The kids go to a classroom, they play with centers (often new ones are opened for aftercare), they go to the PK playground, they have snacks. But there are no structured activities for them, really. Older kids have homework help and snack and then slightly more structure in that there will be an activity they can participate in or not as they wish. It's different every day. Yesterday it was something sporty. The day before that it was an art project.

Again, this isn't at Raymond, so Raymond's experience is probably different, but I like extended year and think it works well at our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

mcjd79 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I mean this nicely. But there is no need to keep starting threads. There is no one with experience at Burroughs, Heights, Truesdell, Raymond, and Bunker Hill, or whatever else schools you're asking about.

All of these schools are going to be similar. They'll be fine for ECE, and you can play the lottery again.

So I'd look at commute, logistics, and which SN staff you like the best.

No one answered the question in regards to Raymond. IF you don't want to be helpful move on the the next one. This is supposed to be a from to get information...

New poster...Actually I did abswer about Raymond on one of your other threads. The problem is you have so many threads you can't keep track of the responses.

+1. I've noticed when someone gives you an extensive response, you don't even come back to say thank you...

[Anonymous]

This OP should be on meds. JFC.