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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fair enough, if that "unifying" effect means that kids in the neighborhood actually ATTEND their neighborhood MS, then you're right.

They'll be fighting each other for seats at SH in 2 years, when Latin and Basis dry out as options and when the best plan proffered for EH/Jefferson is "make it work."  Then what? [/quote]The best I can do is suggest we make one middle school for most of Ward 6.  Let the experts sort out the details.

In short, three middle schools have about 2,200 seats, with 1,100 students in those.  How do we ask for more resources (modernization/programming) with that kind of utilization?  How do we get people pointed in the same direction and ask them to jump in the same direction?  How do we offer the sense of community people want on day one?

The answer CHPSPO and others offer is essentially warmed over status quo.  Nothing radical, just throw more resources and "communicate" better about the options.[quote=Anonymous][/quote]

So -- to sum up the conversation to date: test-in won't fly with current admin/political control, the current "wing and a prayer" isn't going to work, for whatever reason (probably numerous and multi-faceted) the hill ESes won't be assigned a singular MS that would lead to a natural critical mass (probably well down the road anyway.)  What does this leave us?  My take is that the critical mass is the key to what is required to make the jump.   No one wants to go it alone, but the mass won't be there for today's 3rd and 4th graders.  It just won't.

I've heard the idea proffered that there be another "program inside" like Montessori at Watkins, or SWS at Peabody, but that seems about as palatable as test-in when you realize the demographic split that will result (and not what I want my kids seeing/learning anyway.)

Is there some other type of programming that could attract the group, and make them want to stay? A reason to "stick together" that wouldn't equate to all of the kids splitting off demographically when the bell rings at the same time?  IB is -meh- to me, really not impressed by it.  BUT if there was some sort of really interesting STEM/robotics/immersion offering could that do it?  Or, is there a way to do a test-in with a huge at-risk set-aside? Like say, 50%?  There's got to be another way that hasn't been offered up. [/quote]

How about a SWW-type approach? A legitimate expeditionary type of programming?  Would that keep people around?[/quote]

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