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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is my pitch to worry less about the "history" of schools (what was) but take them for what they ARE. OP, your effort is well-intentioned but there is already way too much "was", "were", "used to be" information in circulation about middle schools than useful when choosing a school. Worse, you are now asking for information that may be 5-10 years dated to make up your mind about choices you'll make in almost 10 years. How useful do you think that information will be then? How open a mind will you have when that time comes with all this dated "information" ingrained in you?

This is not to say history doesn't matter. It's really interesting and highly relevant to understand what is happening why and how. But it's not a genuinely operational piece of information in making your choice about school, when time comes.[/quote]

Thanks.  But I'm not just asking to help me make a decision of where to send my child.  I see all the work that parents put in at other schools and would like to contribute somehow as a fundraiser, grantwriter or volunteer or whatever.  It seems like they are taking apart some of the Education Campuses and making new middle schools, and I want to be involved at the middle school level because it is so important to me, and because other parents have told me that people leave our school for better middle school options.  If we could get involved in improving the middle school, it would help.  But I'm not sure how to do it.  That is why I am asking for history and lessons learned from other schools.[/quote]

If that's the case, piick a school OP, any school. Contact the principal and offer to volunteer or ask to be put in touch with a PTO/PTA leader. You need to first get to know the community and listen, ask what the school needs, and whether you can help.

I'd suggest the one that you are IB for.[/quote]

I am already on the PTO at the achool my child attends.  But nobody seems very interested in talking about the middle school.[/quote]

I meant the MS you are inbound for. Even if you don't send your child there, it will help your property values if it improves.[/quote]

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