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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about YOU? Imagine your child is in fifth grade this year and you are looking at Eliot Hine in the fall of 2012.  Is it your first choice for middle school?  A fallback?  Or a no go?  Remember we are talking Eliot Hine as is.  No rose colored glasses allowed.[/quote]

I don't need to imagine much. I have a 4th grader and many of his peers - with whom he stands in the lunch line, with whom he plays chess afters school, with whom he does cub scouts, with whom he explores the spinning patterns of bayblades, with whom he explores their creative works for art thanks to Art Around the Corner, with whom he bikes to Lincoln Park and back on weekends, an with whom he learns to play classical music every Saturday - [b]chose [/b]Eliot-Hine. Granted, this trend is new but it's real. Seeing it through, I am convinced, will be a model for the rest of the city. 
If I can help it, I don't want my child on the Red Line (I take it to work every day and it's not pretty), and I don't want my child in a bus or car for hours at a time playing video games. I want him with all the valuable time he can get to grow and thrive on meaningful connections right here, where we can all keep a watchful eye over their growth. Before long, they won't be looking to us parents, they'll be looking to one another and the rest out there to make choices. I'll be there to watch their back. Will YOU?[/quote]

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