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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Original Ward 4 poster here who tried to rally parents.  They could do what you suggest or, you know, they could hold an open house at all.  Our IB school never even held an open house, nor did they return my phone calls asking to come visit the school.  We moved in right before our child's 1st birthday so I thought I would have time to build a relationship and get to know the school.  My initial outreach was met with radio silence.  That was when I tried to rally other parents thinking that if a group of us showed interest they would have to respond. Perhaps they'd had the same initial experience as me, which accounted for the total lack of interest.[/quote][google]

Same thing happened in my neighborhood - my youngest is now in 6th grade at a charter school, but when we were looking for pre-K options, our neighborhood school wouldn't even let us come see the facility.  We (and other neighborhood parents) were told that the school wasn't interested in parent involvement, they would run the school the way they wanted to.  Of course, that was pre-Michelle Rhee, that principal is now gone, and our IB school is well on it's way to becoming a great school with a fantastic new principal who is interested in engaging the neighborhood.  I applaud those parents who were able to help create good schools from the outside, but you need someone on the inside to be supportive as well.  [/quote]

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