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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP there are likely bigger issues that have not yet been announced. [/quote]

Yeah like MPSA getting torn down and rebuilt after career center is done [/quote]

What’s wrong with MPSA (sorry I’m not in the loop on that). [/quote]

It's in the old, crummy Henry building on the Career Center site that's being re-developed. Supposed to retrofit the existing Career Center building for Montessori; but that's almost as expensive as building a brand new school. So I wouldn't be surprised if they alter plans a bit and move MPSA to the swing space until they come up with something else for MPSA[/quote]

That would be a colossal waste of money and very unfair for MpSA community due to constant moving since leaving Drew. But again, what a waste of money. Who ever moves into Career Centerr will spur a major refresh of that building - it's not Monssori costs alone doing that. Remember that the Career Center is also very old. So to pay to refresh it, but move MPSA to Nottingham, and then pay to site  and build a new building for MPSA, would be doubling the ultimate expenditure. [/quote]

They should move it back to Drew. Isn't there enough space? [/quote]

No, they shouldn't. If there's space at Drew (which there is), boundaries should be shifted to better balance enrollments/capacity.
Montessori (and I'm not an APS Montessori advocate at all) is run differently - bell schedules, classroom make-up, administration and teacher qualifications, etc - and really does need to be in its own building. Being co-located with the Drew neighborhood program was a major negative impact on the neighborhood program and an absolute disservice to the neighborhood kids. Absolutely no reason to merge Montessori with anything else again, other than by dissolving the program and sending everyone back to their neighborhood programs. Which will not be happening any time soon.[/quote]

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