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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Run as fast as you can from Two Rivers. Like a PP said, they did a piss poor job of reopening last year, but their poor COVID response just exposed the cracks that were already there. This year they added extra classrooms in each grade to allow for strict adherence to social distancing (desks are taped off and kids are not allowed to go near each other). While smaller classrooms sound like a positive change, they hired with people who are not certified to teach to fill those lead teaching spots (had only been teachers’ aids before.) While DCPS second graders are learning multiplication, 2nd graders at TR are still doing basic addition and subtraction. The school will only get worse as more unhappy families and qualified teachers leave. We are at a DCPS school now and the difference is night and day. [/quote]

I can say with absolute certainty that almost everything in this post is patently false. Like to a laughable degree. [/quote]

Patently false? Not in our experience. To the OP--I think an offer at the end of the summer could benefit you, as the PARCC scores will be out by that point and TR4 could lose its Tier 1 status (and TRY could even slip from a 2, which isn't out of the realm of possibility). While these scores don't tell the entire picture, of course, it will shed light on the whether the academic rigor of the school has slipped.

I think you are probably fine in PK-1 grade at TR4--I just wouldn't assume that it will suit your child's needs for the long haul. We're grateful and relieved to be leaving before MS. Granted, it's probably natural to outgrow a school and environment; what you prioritize in early elementary just doesn't seem that imperative as the kids get older. Specifically, the focus on community and social/emotional growth seems to be at the expense of core and rigorous academics. That resonated more in PK, K, 1, but now that my child is nearing middle school...it seems cliched and tired. In addition, based on what I'm hearing from my child, discipline and bullying seem to be a big problem that the teachers/staff are struggling to control. And much has been written about the poor COVID response, all of which I agree with...so yeah, I'd think hard about L-T unless you are only going to be at TR for a few years. 
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