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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am IB for Noyes and we wouldn’t consider going there.  I understand it may be fine for PK3, but I’d do whatever I could to get out ASAP[/quote]

Why? Full disclosure, I'm IB for Bunker Hill, which is not too far from Noyes or Burroughs, and I don't understand why everyone is scrambling to get into Burroughs while avoiding Noyes and Bunker Hill. Just trying to get more info.[/quote]

We are IB for Bunker and didn't even list it. We listed Burroughs, last (matched elsewhere). I spoke to a parent at Bunker (the only one I could find) who told me a terrible story about his child's experience and also that they had no PTO and hadn't for some time. At least Burroughs had one which was doing outreach in the community, and upon a visit I met a nice PK teacher. And, its scores are better. So that's why.

Noyes I didn't look at, but reputation seemed similar to Bunker. The whole cheating scandal with fake scores also wasn't appealing. So, overall, I think Burroughs is doing better than the other 2. Sadly not great though. These three might be the most impacted schools by the charter system since Ward 5 has so many good ones.[/quote]

Thanks. There was a test cheating scandal at Bunker Hill? I had not heard of that.

I'm not too fussed about test scores generally, but I do want a positive atmosphere for my kid. How hard would it be to form a parent-teacher organization? Maybe I'm being naive, but there are so many families living IB for these schools, and not everyone will "win" the lottery and get placed into a charter school, so why can't we start putting in the work to improve these schools?[/quote]

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