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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many of the parents of IB Watkins kids (who are currently attending lower grades at Watkins) I've talked to would not switch to Brent or SWS right now because 1) they are familiar with the current cohort of kids since they've known them since Peabody, and 2) SWS and Brent are currently dependent on lottery luck for middle school.  It's working out now, but what will the waitlists for Latin or Basis look like in a few years?

Meanwhile, L-T and Peabody/Watkins seems to be turning, with  JO Wilson catching up.  By the time these kids get to SH, things might be great.  If not, they can enter the lottery just as they would at SWS or Brent.  It also helps that SH is part of the Cluster, so parents who are already participating in the Cluster PTA for Peabody and Watkins can also be involved with SH, before their kids even arrive.

One of the biggest knocks against Watkins (for IB families) in the upper grades were the huge numbers of OOB kids.  However, now that the school is reducing the number of classes at each grade to match the 4 classes coming from Peabody, more parents feel there is a better chance of the cohort staying the same all the way through.[/quote]

Funny -- like many SWS families, we look at SH as a fallback as our boundary school.  It's nice to have options as SH has its own share of issues.[/quote]

+1. To answer the previous poster, I might consider SWS for this reason, but not Brent. Although, I'm not yet sold on Reggio Emilia for grades past kindergarten, so I'd want to check that out first.[/quote]

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