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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the many problems with this move is that the Hyattsville Middle School community has had years to plan and prepare for disruption. Yeah, there's been a lot of uncertainty, but nobody's been hiding the ball about that. Nobody knew where the kids would be placed during construction, but they knew that the students would be bussed somewhere and that site options were limited, so there was some unfortunate chance that the student body would be split up. It impacts middle school students for 2 years and then there will be a shiny new middle school at the end of that time. Families that might be impacted had a chance to consider their options. They had lead time to switch to independent, parochial, or specialty schools. Families moving to the area knew that this was in flux. Families were able to move away if the level of uncertainty was unacceptable.

Announcing this permanent move in mid-March to the RGMS community just, to put it bluntly, screws them. They had no idea this was even under consideration, not to mention plenty of reasons, such as the renovations mentioned above, to choose the long term commitment to Montessori. They have so few options now. This is disaster for that whole school community and is likely to destroy the school, at least as it's now constituted.[/quote]

What on earth are you talking about?  Hyattsville Middle School is a Title 1 school with 82% FARMS rate (probably higher because MS kids don't want to fill in the forms).  They have 24% of the student body as English Language Learners.  Do you really think that those parents have the options of sending their kids to independent or parochial schools?  Most parents can't just decide to send their kids to a specialty program.  They either get in or they don't.  And getting in most programs after Kindergarten is almost impossible.   Do you really think that the families moving into low income housing in the Hyattsville area were informed that the school might be moved?   Most of the kids who go to Hyattsville Middle don't live in SFH in University Park or Historic Hyattsville, those parents figure out a way to get into specialty programs or private schools.  They live in

I understand that it SUCKS for RG parents but the 880 Hyattsville Middle School kids are much more vulnerable than the kids at RG.  RG has a FARMS rate of 33% and zero English Language learners.  And you too have the option of going to your in bounds elementary school.

If you don't like the FREE Montessori education that your kid gets, go somewhere else.  I'm sure that you are in a better position to do so than the vast majority of Hyattsville Middle School parents.

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