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[quote=Anonymous]As a Watkins parent, I really appreciate the seasoned, high quality teachers, and the smaller class sizes. The first grade aides funded by the PTA have helped the little ones to transition, by having lunch in the 1st grade classrooms, to support 1st grade curriculum, and to help support a calmer lunch/recess for the upper grades.

I do think that differentiation has been an evolving target - but it seems to have gained momentum this year with structured differentiation blocks for each grade within the schedule. Yes, it is a work in progress and more needs to be done, and frankly has been pusedh by parents for longer, but it is IMHO on the upswing.

A lot of the negative buzz about stems from several years of continuous change - Montessori leaving the building, 5th grade coming back to Watkins from SH (creating a huge pocket to fill in SH too), and SWS leaving that creates a gap in the Peabody/SWS to Watkins feeder. Plus, we had a new Principal come in last year just as the focus fell on the modernization of SH. Maybe I am overly optimistic, but there seems to be a more palpable sense of stability this year, with positive focus on curriculum and behavior. I'm not one that falls into the "a hippy dippy/crunchy" stereotype IB Watkins parent., but I see the improvements.

My one complaint is that the Cluster is too clunky to manage as a single school. The Principal has been forced to be vested in SH, and that shows. I'd love the see Peabody/Watkins remain one school but take SH out of the Cluster as a single school with a dedicated MS administration. 
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