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[quote=GarrisonPTA]Hi, it's Ann again.  To answer/comment on the replies:

Collin left Walker-Jones to be our principal.  I think it's pretty obvious that someone who's an assistant principal aspires to be a principal...

For the mixed-age rooms, when your child has Ms. McLeod for PS3, she will also have Ms. McLeod for PK4.  After PK4, she moves up to kindergarten and a new teacher.

We do have not have tons of families who leave before 5th grade.  A few, but most do stay until 5th.  I believe we have 17 kids in our 5th grade this year.  Personally, unless something crazy happens, we plan to stay until 5th grade unless we win the lottery and we can afford to move to New York City.

Cardozo: 
Are people excited about it as it exists now?  No, I wouldn't say they are.  
Are we going to ask if we can change the feeder pattern?  NO. Why bother? It would never happen. 
Do we have thoughts on things we think that could be implemented to make it more attractive?  Yes, and a few parents have discussed it and are trying to figure out how to engage DCPS and other schools about it.  We'll see.  I will say that the Cardozo principal, Tanya Roane, is fantastic.  She will definitely do great things there.  But, yeah, it is a hard sell but families and the community need to work and get invested to make it a realistic option instead of just complaining about it.

Personally, I can only take one year at a time, and things change (relatively) quickly, so I do not spend time freaking out about what we are going to do for middle and high school.  For all I know, my child may become a musical prodigy thanks to the Garrison Orchestra and want to go to Ellington, so why waste of my mental energy?  I have plenty of other things to worry about.

We hope to have our open house schedule finalized in the next day or two.  We also will have drop-in days during the week so you can come sit in on classes in action.

cheers
ann[/quote]

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