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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is an incoming 3rd grader at a Title 1, rated 5 though. the only drawback I see is that there are not enough kids "like him" to choose from to be friends. But then, maybe it is more about my kid than others, he is introverted and doesn't make close friends easily. he does have a couple though. 
They have less extracurricular stuff than other schools, but what they have is free or very low cost. He has free aftercare, had free coding classes, free STEM club, free swimming lessons with the city,  and will have free drama and guitar next year. he also gets a free backpack and free summer camps (for about 4 weeks) just by virtue of attending this particular school. It comes in very handy as we are poor but we don't look poor and do not apply for any benefits. [/quote]

I am this poster.
We ended up getting a spot at a lottery based school and we accepted. 
I can see how my child is now conversing with kids he is interested in (wasn’t the case at the previous school). 
Also, the discipline at old school was much harsher and more straightforward- like sending a kid to the office for giggling with another student in 1st grade. 
Here they actually try to make sure the child is engaged and let small stuff go (at the other school they were dealing with bigger issues so they had to be strict with everyone i guess). [/quote]

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