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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I would not say it is an isolated incident. There are other grades that have also had issues.  There are a lot of positives about the school and a lot of negatives:
Pros:
Great community
Mostly amazing teachers
My child has loved the lack of hw in middle school (by lack I mean 0 hw), although I don't necessarily see that as all positive
Amazing early childhood
Great access to field space
Lots of outdoor time
Increase in extracurricular options and clubs has been very positive
Great fieldtrips
Great school play started this year
Access to arts
Cons:
There is a reason why so many people leave and it is not all about the path to HS ( I would say the school loses about 50% of it's students at 5th grade and many leave at other grades due to reasons including dissatisfaction with administration, bullying not being handled adequately, issues with how the IEP program is handled, not being challenged enough). 
With the student attrition, there are a lot of behavioral shifts that happen in MS.
My kid constantly complains about being bored. It seems the school teaches to the lowest performing students. I am not about having a super rigid environment, but it is almost too laid back.
Teacher attrition (I have heard through the grapevine that many have left and are leaving because they are not satisfied with the current administration, which says a lot)
School trying to get kids out of special services
I know many people stick it out because of the lack of better options. 
However, the decision is strictly personal and you have to weigh what is most meaningful to you.
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It's interesting that you have no homework. My 4th grader at ITS had homework weekly all year (not very much, but consistently).

I agree the administration's handling of behavior/bullying is a consistent theme of dissatisfied parents, and I believe the parents, but I wish I had a more specific understanding of what the problem is.[/quote]

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