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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this (14:21) makes sense, but have some reservations about seeing Payne close.  Payne has a good school culture even if the test scores are bad.  The principal is lovely.  The kids know how to behave at school.  I spent quite a bit of time there, and in terms of orderliness it is every bit as much of a learning environment as Maury or Brent (and actually has a nicer feel that Watkins).

And I can also imagine Cluster parents fighting tooth and nail to keep the automatic feeder thing even though it hurts their kids.    [/quote]

Payne principal is indeed good but it's not a neighborhood school by any stretch of the imagination, and isn't becoming one past PreS and PreK  (like Ludlow-Taylor) making life tough for the gentrifiers on the East Hill.

No shortage of parents in the Payne District who want the school closed in view of the fact that there's almost no hope of turning it around.   High SES parents know they'd be much better off zoned for Maury or Tyler.   A decade ago, when Brent started turning, you had enough college-educated parents on board to to effect lasting change.  Now parents zoned for struggling Hill schools run to charters early on.   They don't care if they're going for Chinese immersion, Hebrew immersion or experiential learning as long as other high SES parents are onboard for K+.

Yea, the Cluster parents fight what works, like having Brent and Maury feed to Stuart-Hobson.

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