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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The classes are all cohorted, although some of the AP classes in 9th and 10th will have AP students. 9th grade was online, but it was my understanding that the class was just the IB 9th graders in English. 10th grade was AP English. 11th grade now and I continue to be impressed with the program and the school's dedication to it.

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Thanks, PP. Sounds like your child is in the first cohort to go through the criteria based program. How have you found the overall school? Does the administration communicate well? How are the extracurriculars? If you are not in-bounds for Kennedy anyway, have you found transportation difficult? [/quote]

Yes, in the first cohort. Transportation has been fine, just a longer ride on a less crowded bus. Commute is about an hour door to door. When I drive them (rarely) it's about 20-30 mins.

Extracurriculars are fine, this is the first year they're really doing them due to covid, but the school has several, and they're really desperate for more sports participation. If your child wants to shine, sports-wise, it's probably a good place.

Administration was fantastic last year addressing concerns we had about the return to school. In general, they're responsive, my only real pet peeves is they send everything as pdf documents instead of just pasting it in the email. The school and the kids and the staff all have a lot of heart, and do some pretty amazing things. I have nothing negative to say, and I'm not one to hold back on that front. Well, they're putting in astroturf. I admit, I don't like that. I think the renovations and expansions will be done this spring.

The student body isn't coming with the wealth and associated privilege that other schools in the DCC and the W and RMIB may have. But I've never heard of a fight, or racist graffiti, or any of the other problems some of those schools have encountered these past few years. The English department is running trips to Europe in the summer--theyre going to Prague, Vienna, and Budapest in 2023. Most of my child's classes have about 15 kids in them. I see this as a huge bonus.

The workload is tough. But the classes are engaging. Last year the 10th graders did individual projects, and they could be anything--learning an instrument, painting, researching a topic--and then they presented. They got a semester credit and SSL hours.[/quote]

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