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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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]

Interesting. I've heard Wagner is having issues with kids in their screened program struggling with math (the downside to the D2 approach of putting kids in accelerated math classes on the strength of a non-terrible 4th grade GPA) but I haven't heard any complaints about the workload. But Wagner sends around half as many kids to SHSAT schools as Booker (with a similar sized student body) so maybe that keeps them from focusing too much on that cohort.

Are the highly-motivated kids miserable too (like everyone says they are at Stuy)?[/quote]

I wouldn't say they are miserable. But they are not happy either. Some kids thrive on the work load so kind of enjoy it. But it is a less joyful place than the other options. Some might argue that middle school is not meant to be joyful, but I think you can have a happier, calmer environment while still being academically rigorous - it is not one or the other.

The number of kids who go to SHSAT is really meaningless, as long as there is a critical mass. The kids who are going to go to SHSAT schools are likely going to go there regardless of where they go to middle school. And contrary to what Booker would claim, the kids from other schools are just as well prepared. We have friends whose kid got into an SHSAT school from another school in the District and was worried they weren't adequately prepared but the kid has thrived without being too stressed.[/quote]

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