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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Takoma Park ES principal was voted best principal in DC area by Washington Post last year. We moved to TKPK from DC two years ago and couldn’t be happier with TPES, Piney  Branch ES, and TPMS. Both of our kids have thrived in their respective schools and we are  very happy with the quality of teaching. [/quote]

The TKPK schools are huge and not very community oriented. PBES suffers from only having grades 3-5 which means it’s tougher - no little ones to soften the kids up. There are 8-9 classes per grade. And the school building is a dump. And the principal uninspiring. Little natural light, hot, confusing layout, run down. It’s one of the most miserable school buildings I’ve ever been in. The good news is that there is a renovation or perhaps complete rebuild on the cards but they will mean bussing kids elsewhere while it happens. In the meantime, the plans are being hijacked by the usual older white TKPK demanding activist contingent who are insisting that any improvements to the building must continue to include a pool “for equity” and “The community”. The pool housed in PBES that is NOT used to teach kids to swim, doesn’t truly benefit the school at all and exacerbates existing over crowding by taking up space.

TPMS used to be excellent but since the current principal took over it’s been going down hill rapidly as she has pushed many staff to move on and driven a rift through the parent community. It’s still a great school, for now, but who knows just how much more she can screw it up, after all she’s managed a lot of missteps in just 3 years.[/quote]

You sure have an ax to grind on Takoma Park and PBES. [/quote]

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