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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But I also think that Booker is a miserable place (I'm an UWS public school parent). The principal is an insufferable know-it-all who insists on work for the sake of work (and proudly admits it). It is a culture of total conformity where all of the kids are saying "what did you get" all the time. Lots of kids who think they are brilliant and parents who think their kids walk on water. If your kid does not perfectly fit their mold, they are incredibly unhelpful.[/quote]

Didn't know this, assumed it was similar to Wagner on the East side since like them it takes all the kids who didn't lottery into a school of choice.[/quote]

That's the issue. Principal has been there forever. For many years she could pick her students. Now she gets who she gets - since it is much bigger than other schools, it is a wide variety. So it draws a lot of highly motivated kids, but also plenty of others. She seems very focused on the highly motivated kids who will apply to SHSAT schools, but is indifferent about the rest. I know some parents of kids with very mild IEPs who felt like their kids were being warehoused. And the principal very proudly advertises that they give a ton of homework, which is often busy work.[/quote]

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