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[quote=Anonymous]If the school is Mann, I have heard that it’s a “tough nut to crack”.

We’re new at Janney this year and have found people to be very welcoming.  I don’t actually know which kids in my kids’ classes are IB vs. OOB.  Now, are there little cliques of parents here and there on the playground, etc.?  Sure.  Are they friendly when approached?  In my experience, yes.  And at Janney there are SO many kids there for my kids to make friends with.  There’s no need for me to expend a TON of energy breaking into cliques, for goodness sake!  Why would I want to?  I’m SO over high school!  LOL!

I do think that people are creatures of habit.  I suspect in many of the “I’m being shut out” threads we’re mostly dealing with people who have known each other for years and are in patterns – they are used to hanging out.  Whether we like it or not, when WE are new, WE need to make an effort to break in a little.  Dragging me to a “parent social” event is like pulling teeth!!  BUT… I do force myself to do some of it in order to get to know the parents of kids in my kids’ classes – at least a little bit.  And if anything, I’ve found that Janney errs on the side of having too many of these events!!

OP – if you’re at Janney, my humble opinion is that the way you’re approaching the situation might be an issue – two years is a long time to not have made inroads.  If anywhere else, I can’t of course speak from first hand experience.  But I do think that our approach when we are the new ones makes a big difference.  Hope your situation improves.  
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