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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is what OP can do.

1) Go to Watkins for 1st-5th and then Stuart-Hobson.

2) Go to Watkins and then try to get into ITS/Latin/BASIS, with Stuart-Hobson feeder rights as a backup.

3) Get into somewhere else she likes well enough this year, rather than giving up in despair in early July.

I really don't understand why Watkins isn't the answer to OP's problem. Is Watkins not good enough either?[/quote]

Doesn't Watkins have a lot of attrition from Peabody? I haven't looked at the numbers, but most of the families we know who did Peabody for ECE left before moving to Watkins. It seems to be considered a significant downgrade for some reason.[/quote]

It’s a downgrade because Watkins admits a large volume of OOB underperforming kids and the administration focuses solely on closing the achievement gap.

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Well, OP has a bad number so her only options are schools that aren't great. You could do a lot worse than Watkins to SH, though.[/quote]

But if OP is currently at a school similar to Watkins (or even at Watkins), there is also nothing to gain. I think the issue is that it’s probably a lateral move.[/quote]

Well, OP did say she would be happy with schools on the Hill, or Seaton. So if Seaton would be an upgrade, the current school is probably worse than Watkins.[/quote]

Ok, but how much worse? If you’re at a school where families start bailing at K and the issues are apparent, is moving to a school where that starts happening at 2nd an upgrade?

Moving your kid to a new school has challenges even when the school is a true upgrade. Explaining it to your kid, making new friends, being the new family. Moving to a marginally better school where you are probably going to run into similar issues is not worth those costs, especially if you’ll just wind up moving again if you can.[/quote]

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