Payne elementary

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Anonymous wrote:Can we please stop using the terms "flip" and "turn"? "Improve" is so much more genteel and conceals the racial animus a little better.

Why should it be concealed?

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When PPs refer to "flip" and "turn" aren't they just talking about a school becoming majority in-boundary? I don't see the animus there, not in a system supporting neighborhood schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone met Payne's new principal?

She attended Payne's PTA meeting last week. I got a good impression from her. She seems anxious to get started and interested in working with parents.

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The neigbhorhood is swimming with babies. We plan to send our kiddos through at least first grade based on what I've learned about the early child hood program. I wouldn't give up hope -- its a very small school, so will take less to improve than places like Miner with many more students.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ Should say "LT is clearly the #3..."

I would argue that the Cluster "clearly" is....

It's a toss up.

-IB for the Cluster

I know a few kids IB for LT enrolled in the Cluster (at both Watkins and Peabody); no idea whether the reverse is true.

Regardless, I'm rooting for both schools! And optimistic.

LT parent here and yes, we have several Watkins-zoned families enrolled at LT.

I'm curious if the Cluster-zoned kids at LT are mostly in the lower grades, i.e., PK3/4? The largest cohort of IB LT kids in the Cluster is now in 2nd -4th grade, I believe.

Yes, this. L-T flipped recently enough that it doesn't surprise me at all that some IB families originally started their kids in the Cluster and were happy enough so kept them there. I can't imagine families doing that now really, except maybe to keep siblings together. (Not that the Cluster is worse in my mind, just that they're comparable, so I don't know why you'd trek to Watkins from the vast majority of the L-T IB area.) In any case, even if the PP should have said "clearly #3 or #4," their point remains that L-T actually has some of the worst IB housing stock (after only Payne), but the rest of the catchment area offsets...

What are the projects in the LT boundary? I know there is that big building on G between 9th and 10th, but I thought that was senior housing. Not questioning the assertion, just curious, as I live in the area.