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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, Thomson is a fine school and if you like the downtown location, great.  Two Rivers is for those who go for the "expeditionary" model, but beware the behavior issues they seem to have a hard time with.  Also, the middle school of Two Rivers is way over at the Young campus, maybe not great logistics for you?  And be sure to look at test scores relative to demographic.  IMO a school like Seaton, which has very strong math scores if you look at the MGP and relative to demographics, is more impressive than Two Rivers with its meh scores from mostly high-income kids.  Same for CHML-- I'm aghast at their test scores relative to demographics. Don't think that just because a school offers 8th grade that you will actually be happy with it when the time comes.

I don't know why Inspired Teaching wouldn't be on your list.  The middle school is nice if you like a small school, and I like the higher number of student teachers because it makes for a great adult-child ratio.

Understand, OP, that some schools are on an improving/gentrifying trajectory and some are not.  Langley, for example, much like Garrison, was on hard times 10 years ago and Garrison very nearly shut down by the city.  But with new leadership and the hard work of many families, those schools are slowly, slowly improving.  It's not a quick process and nobody should expect it to be. But both schools have an engaged cohort of preschool and lower elementary parents who fundraise and advocate with the city for their school.  That won't show in the PARCC scores until those kids are retained through spring of 3rd grade.  (But you can ask for iReady or DIBELS data on K-2nd if it's important to you.). Contrast that with schools like Two Rivers, Shining Stars, Lee, and Mundo Verde.  Not so many low-income kids, the school has existed for long enough, numberically large group of families to donate and advocate and support their kids academically, and yet the test scores are meh, what could be the reason?  Bad scores on mostly high-income kids means something is not right in the school.[/quote]

Don’t minimize the impact that discipline issues can have on upper ES. Even if a student is doing well academically, they are likely to suffer in a chaotic environment. I’m a NP, but as others have stated, this is the primary reason we left TR. The leadership at TR is in complete denial about the incidents related to bullying etc.

I understand there was just a communication sent out to MS parents about discipline issues/low staff morale and high turnover—I hope with new leadership and a focus on these issues the school is able to course correct. [/quote]

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