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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have been very happy at Norwood. My oldest is already in HS and got into her first choice and is taking honors Math so she was indeed well prepared in math at Norwood. I hear a lot of people complaining about the math but I am not sure why exactly. I also think some teachers may need to go, but please that is at every school. As far as the new head and what will change, I am guessing that no major changes will take place in the first year. He needs to see how things are running for a while before he just comes in and makes broad changes. With that said, I think they are working on lessening the transitions for the little kids and fixing the daily schedule. That you may see right away. There really are no secrets about this, if you have a child at the school just head on in and ask any one of the administrators if they are planning on making any changes for next year. Schools change heads all of the time and it historically goes smoothly. You certainly cant please everyone, and you would be exhausted if you tried. For example: some people love the lower school transitions. They love their kids changing rooms, being able to get up, walk around, change the group of kids they are with every class, love the exposure to the "extras," and then you have the folks who think there kids are wasting time going from class to class. They want their children to spend more time in homeroom with the same group etc. I have heard both sides. I don't think the new guy will be able to please everyone and I certainly hope he doesn't try. I hope he does what he thinks is best for the school and for the children's education and then lets people decide whether it's the right place for them or not.[/quote]

The reason people are complaining about the math is because there are problems with the math.  When these kids get to high school almost none of them will be on the fastest track. That may limit some of their science choices. The school introduced common core and then developed the curriculum on the fly.

Norwood used to have a reputation for producing great math kids and that is no longer the case. The new curriculum seems intent on creating less acceleration.  [/quote]

How can you make claims like this? How do you know how they are perceived at all the schools in the area? Are you an admissions director? Or the head of a math department at a HS? Do you have meetings with all of the other HS math heads to discuss this? Perhaps your child isn't doing well in math or one or even ten people have told you that there kids aren't prepared but how are you accounting for the hundreds who have graduated in the last few years and how do you know their math and science tracks in HS? I don't know if Norwood has a problem with math, but your broad brush claims seem absurd![/quote]

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