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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are moving to IB for Janney.  We are currently at a much smaller school that is not as high performing.  My DS needs a little more attention in the classroom to stay focused.  He is able to be successful in his current school because of a combination of smaller (than Janney) class size and a model where there are 2 teachers for each classroom.

I am wondering if anyone has a child with similar learning needs who can comment on the strengths and weaknesses of Janney.  My child will be entering 2nd grade.

Thanks.[/quote]

we were IB for an elementary  school, where our child stated pre-K. child had some attention issues, and they have been address very well by the school (including placing child in classes of about 20, 21 kids, giving one on one instructions or letting child work in small group, and since last year with IEP additional help. child went through some difficult times but is now thriving and we think that the help child got at school was a critical factor in child's success. in K we moved IB for a JKLM school (not Janney), but we chose to leave the child in the original school. our new IB school would be less than 2 blocks away, while original school is 15-20 minutes on foot (we drive or take bus). we were concerned by higher class size at new IB school and leaving a good situation for sometime we were not sure could work. we are very happy we did it. look carefully at the class size at Janney, in 2nd grade and later, and how many teachers and aides are in class. Based on what friends who have kids there tell me, Janney is a great school and run very well. however, success is also linked to the demographics of the school. if your kid ends up in a class with 28 or 30 kids, it may not be an ideal situation even at a goo school[/quote]

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