Reply to ludlow-taylor

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "ludlow-taylor"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I was an IB parent with younger kids dead set on a fast turnaround at LT, I would become SWS's new best friend and start organizing around that arranged marriage and pronto.

DCPS is not sending out any warm and fuzzy vibes on reopening Van Ness so it's likely they're strongly considering other long-term placements.  SWS wants to stay on the Hill.  LT needs a total re-boot.  HUGE number of LT IB parents among the SWS parent population.  Would solve the SWS middle school feeder pattern question.  Cluster would support since it would recapture those SWS families at 6th grade, many of whom have long-term roots in the Cluster.

Someone should make this happen![/quote]

You're right, it's a fine idea.  The problem is that the PTA leadership and principal remain difficult to deal with, and would almost certainly would be hostile to the idea of having SWS rock onto LT's shores.  Hence, most of us who've found an "out" are simply counting our lucky stars (we're going to Peabody).  With young children and a job, I'm tired after a year of tangling with defensive administrators and PTA leaders.  The parents with deep neighborhood ties, particularly the MD address cheaters, would surely fight a move to bring SWS in, seeing such a major change as a threat to their power (since the IB parents in the SWS population are mostly newcomers/middle-class types).  Moreover, some of the IB parents on the PTA are LT diehards, who don't see a need for a total re-boot, low as the IB population remains.  The tyranny of a minority would be a hard nut to crack.  I'll try to steer some SWS parents to the discussion at any rate; hoping that somebody else has it in them to run with the ball on this.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics