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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Mosby Woods plan has been off the table since Jack Dale left in 2013.  There has been no talk of reviving it.

We had one child go through HWES before they shrunk the boundaries.  It was a great experience.  We have another in 6th grade now, the first grade to have only 2 AAP classes.  His classes are large.  Basically, class size is a numbers game.  They squeeze as many into two classes as they can, until they reach the class size limit.  Then they have to add a third teacher, and the students get divided among three classes, so they get very small.  My son started out in 3rd grade with two small AAP classes.  As additional students came into AAP in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, the class sizes grew.  They are now nearly maxed out, but not enough to have added a third class.  I believe the current third grade has 3 AAP classes.  So you cannot count on having small classes.  It's just how the numbers fall.

I agree that the principal is excellent.  The teachers have been a mixed bag, but probably similar to any other school.  There has been quite a bit of teacher turnover and low morale because of the shrinking of the AAP program.  However, that has stabilized this year, so hopefully morale will improve.  This is also the first year they haven't needed the trailers for a grade.

HWES does not have the community feel that WMES has, nor does it have such an active PTA.  Overall, I have nothing negative to say about HWES, but I do not think it is significantly better than WMES.  [b]I also have a child whom we chose to keep at Waples[/b].

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Thank you so much PP! This is really helpful. Do you feel that the child you kept at WMES has been sufficiently challenged? Do you have any regrets about not sending him/her to HWES?[/quote]

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