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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There seems to be a lot of heartbreak over SWS leaving the cluster.  It appears to me that Peabody is a highly coveted preschool (500+ applicants last year.) And Watkins' scores are by no mean abysmal compared to other ES schools in the district.  Why can't it be another Maury/Brent?  [/quote]

As a Brent parent, I find this such an odd question!  "Why can't it be another Maury/Brent?"  Just a few years ago, you were considered nuts to send your child to Brent or Maury when PEabody and Watkins were options.  But of course, given the crazy waitlist to get into Peabody/Watkins if you were OOB, people "had" to instead focus on the school they were IB for-- and thus, Brent and MAury were really your only options, so folks made the best of the situation.  And look where it has gotten us!

I think Peabody is wonderful and I certainly wouldn't balk at sending my child there if I were IB.  Watkins is large-  much larger than Brent and Maury.  There are advantages with the size-- awesome field, swimming pool on site, etc.  But I've head that kids can at first feel a bit lost and it can be tough to transition from the comfy size of Peabody into Watkins, whereas Brent and Maury kids don't have to transition.  Actually, some parents think the Peabody/Watkins is superior to Maury and Brent BECAUSE the younger kids are separated from the older.  (It was something I was worried about at Brent, but it was entirely groundless as the older kids have been absolutely sweet and gentle with the little ones.)

Of course the BIG advantage Watkins has over Maury and Brent is that Watkins feeds into Stuart Hobson.  Many Brent kids transfer to Watkins to position themselves for Stuart-Hobson feed from Watkins rather than face the difficult Jefferson or Elliot-Hine conundrum. [/quote]

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