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[quote=Anonymous]My DC has gone to CCPCS since K, and will be a 7th grader there this fall.  I think one thing to know is that the MS was essentially an entirely new school last year, with administrators, teachers, and academic programs all being introduced, and a new influx of students entering.  That made for a pretty uneven year as far as the school culture goes: discipline issues met sometimes with heavy-handed administrative responses, and communication between home and school was inadequate at times--just what you might expect from a start-up.

That being said, I think that really good things are happening at CCPCS.  My kid is a middling student, and I think that the teachers have done a super job of motivating DC.  The small class sizes and intimate scale of the school help: each kid's strengths as a learner are known by the staff.  I also appreciate how the academic program incorporates lots of reflection and instruction about the skills one needs to succeed as a student: DC is learning (slowly!) how to be accountable for class and homework.

I take it by your question about diversity that you are concerned about whether middle-class families feel welcomed at the MS.  I think that what you'd discover is that there is a cohort of middle-class families--of many different races, from many different neighborhoods. While there is also a large cohort of lower-SES students, I do think that they come from families strongly invested in education. Personally, I like the fact that my kid has friends from all over the city, and friends whose class backgrounds differ from DC's.[/quote]

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