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[quote=Anonymous]Seaton parent here. Since you asked specifically about higher grade retention, here are the number of classrooms for grade right now - 5th (2), 4th (2), 3rd (3), 2nd (3), 1st (3), K (3), PK4 (3), PK(3). Someone can check me on this, but I believe that last year, 3rd grade only had 2 classrooms. The year before, 3rd and 2nd each only had two classrooms. With the announcement of the new middle school, Seaton has a lot more retention of the grades that will benefit from it (this year's 3rd grade class and lower). This is probably also true of Garrison - though you're not going to get into Garrison out of bounds for PK. And because of the Title I budget, class sizes are smaller than other schools on your list - more like 16 kids in a classroom in K-3 as compared to in the 20s in other schools. The swing space will be a temporary pain, but if it's conveniently located, you're going to get the benefit of a brand new, state-of-the-art building in 2 years that may be much harder to lottery in to. I think the PTO is pretty in top of the swing space.

Can't say enough good things about the community. It really is warm. People are fun and welcoming. Even if you're not on the PTO, you feel included. And the PK teachers have all been around for a decade plus.[/quote]

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