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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@ 9:05

Thanks for information.  I think Meridian is an up-and-coming school, and am excited about it.

[b]Based on your description, it sounds like you have a child in either PS or PK (not asking for you to reveal too much).  My assumption is that since the move to the new building, the school is attracting a more diverse community, starting in the lower years.  Fair assumption?[/b]

Also, I'm curious how smoothly the drop-off pick-up works.  I love the idea of using Metro as part of the commute schedule, but don't know how practical that would be in reality.  Do  many families do it?  Is it really much of a time-saver (vs. parking/walking)?  Is there any kind of a metro-pool set-up?  As in, group of families who meet at a metro or bus stop and travel together?  Maybe it would be possible to start and then after families got to know each other and children got used to the trip, trade-off some chaperoning duty?

I'd like to hear more about the PS/PK community - group picnics or potlucks or birthday parties?

Meridian reminds me of Stokes a few years ago - it wasn't really on the radar until the nice building in Brookland, then all of a sudden it became a "hot" school.  [/quote]

Yes, that was exactly my point.  This is why PS3/PK4 seems overall to be more diverse than the upper grades.  I think that will continue to change as the classes stay and move up.

As for pick-up/drop-off, we drive and we have no problems finding a spot to walk our child in.  This is around 7:45/8am or so.  The principal and her staff stand outside to greet kids, so if it is very crowded/busy you can stop and drop-off your kids for them to usher safely inside.  I usually see the older kids going in by themselves and the preschool kids being ushered inside by mom/dad/grandma/aunt whomever.  I really don't know if people carpool or Metro, but I suspect they do and I imagine this might be easy enough to set up with people who are near you.

Community - no, in general, I haven't seen much of that.  Geographically people are pretty spread out, since kids are coming in from every ward, and there's all kinds of work schedules to contend with.  I'm also not the kind of person to organize this stuff, and I may or may not attend even if invited.  I have the best intentions, but with two FT working parents and lots of friends to catch up with on weekends/things to do around our house, our dance card is generally pretty full.  However I imagine if you tried to organize something you would get a friendly reception even if most people didn't show or couldn't participate.[/quote]

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