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[quote=Anonymous]I live in the Drew neighborhood and am cautiously optimistic about the new Drew, as are my neighbors. As a PP said, there is not a lot of concentrated AH in the current Drew zone or, I suspect, in the areas that may be pulled into Drew. Yes, Nauck is generally a lower income area, but I believe there are MC/UMC families incorporated generally throughout.

The new Drew zone will pull from the current zones for Abingdon, Hoffman-Boston, Randolph, Oakridge, and Henry. This is not speculation; PTA and teachers from those schools are involved in the planning process. Just taking a guess based on geography, some of the closest Henry planning units (south of the Pike) and Oakridge planning units (west of Gunston) could be coming to Drew. I don't think those PUs have many economically disadvantaged kids, though I could be wrong. They are also eliminating the option for the Drew zone to choose Hoffman-Boston. I assume this means kids currently choiced out of Drew to go to Hoffman-Boston will be coming back (I don't know for sure). I don't expect all of those kids are low-income either.

Regarding the administration, Drew is getting a new principal and keeping the current assistant principal. It will also need many more teachers, since most of the current teachers go with the Montessori program. And, they're pushing the STEAM thing, which sounds positive if kind of buzz-wordy. Maybe they'll get the kind of positive response the Hoffman-Boston STEM program got. Pretty sure when I moved here, that school was a 5 or 6 on Great Schools. Now it's an 8, which is awesome, but I haven't lived here that long. Things can change relatively quickly.[/quote]

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