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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I think given your propensity for long-term thinking, you're not going to be that happy at Two Rivers even though lower elementary is fine. You won't stop trying to solve your middle school problem if that's the kind of thinking you tend to do. How do I know? Because I'm like that too. Honestly, Two Rivers' middle school wasn't that great before it fell apart, it's just that people were reserving judgment because it was so new. Getting a school back on track is HARD and takes many years.

I think in your shoes, the thing to do is take a hard look at the middle schools in the area. Do you like ANY of them? If not, then you know you need to move. If you can identify a few that you'd be okay with, then you can stay and work on your path to those schools, and/or prepare to move house.

As to whether to choose Two Rivers for lower elementary, I suppose it depends on what you like and what your other options are.[/quote]

OP here and thank you for the tough love-- this is what I needed to hear. I think I have been trying to talk myself into it because I know we're going to get an offer there, but you are right that I'm never going to be chill about the MS plan and it will stress me out. We have other schools on our list with MSs we're happy with, I just don't know if we'll get in there.

So really the issue is whether it's worth it to me to go to TR for a few years while we try to get our kid into a school with a better feed, or if I'd rather stay at our IB during that process. Either way we're not going to stay at TR past 1st or 2nd if we can help it.[/quote]

Obnoxious to take a spot with an attitude like that. You are part of the problem. [/quote]

Why? The problem is limited access to quality middle school programs EOTP. There are many families who do exactly this because they can't get into a feeder for a strong middle school until late elementary. If TR wants people to stay past middle elementary they should offer a strong middle school -- the don't.

But FYI if you are upset about this because you are on the waitlist for TR and feel like you will be locked out due to people taking spots there just for lower elementary -- don't be. It's actually remarkably easy to lottery into TR starting in K and only gets easier ever year. We have received offers at TR for both of the last two years (K and 1st) and didn't take them either year -- it was a backup option if other plans didn't pan out. Their waitlist moves quickly because people bail ALL THE time. Because it's not really a very strong school -- it is just a place where parents who want a cohort of upper middle class kids can stick their kids for a few years. If the program was actually strong they would retain students longer and it would be hard to lottery in. But other than for PK it's really not.[/quote]

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