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[quote=Anonymous]CCES and NCC do a lot to support their schools' FARMS population and they are happy to do so. I'm sure those families will continue a similar level of support in middle school.  But here are two things to consider:

RCF has done an nice job funding their PTAs and supplying volunteers to get things accomplished. But they've been very clear that their neighborhood school community is much higher-need than the immersion community. If they immersion community has been supporting the PTA with donations over the years, that money sources is now going to Westland; the needier population goes to BCC 2. I don't know that the not-FARMS RCF neighborhood families are able or prepared to donate in a way that will compensate for what the immersion families did at RCF.

Also, putting the 6th grade into middle school and not at the chases is a change for families. I can think of four familiies with current 5th graders who will also have students at RHPS and one of the chases. No longer will they have the ability to make a $100+ family contribution to the PTA and cover two children; they will be expected to make that same contribution at each individual school. And all of these asks come at the time of year when you're buying new sneakers and calculators and enough glue sticks to stick an elephant the gym ceiling.  Not a problem for some people, but it might be for others.

On the issue of experienced teachers, which of the good teachers will fight for a job at BCC2 if the enrollment projections indicate that it will be at capacity in just a few years? Sometimes the devil you know is less risky than the devil you don't![/quote]

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