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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school made a short-sighted decision several years ago: to invest heavily in the Emilia Reggio-inspired early childhood curriculum, which promotes mixed-age classes of 3-5 year olds.  This was done during a real estate boom in the little Brent District fueled by the parents of babies, which the school missed, hence the shock when 72 names went into the PS3 hat in 2013 (two dozen more than the previous year).  Real estate is the problem - Brent is running out of classroom space.

So instead of making the tough decision to eliminate PS3 early this year, as the JKLM schools, Hearst and Eaton did when first pressed for space 15-20 years ago, Brent kept it at the expense of including all IB comers for PS4.  The problem may be that parents who've been excluded for both early childhood years are unlikely to be predisposed to knocking themselves out for Brent later on, which is likely to hurt community cohesion and fund-raising efforts long-term. Unfortunately, Brent can't order parents to give generously of time and money.

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Once again. A couple of parents who are angry that their child didn't get in before K does not equal a problem with "community cohesion" or fundraising. We get it. You're mad. That isn't a "long-term" problem for the school or a short-term one. Brent does fine with current parents' support.

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