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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I spent 4 years at Thomson.  Question is where to start.  It taught me that school reform is way more complicated than Rhee & company want to believe.  Teachers were in constant tredmill that is exhausting, don't assume your child will get supports because they know you will provide them & their are a ton kids that need help.  DC has no clue how to deal with esl kids so they face constant regression.  Forget PTA's about 5 people will carry it and become increasing bitter.  Your principal & teaching staff will turnover all the time.  Your kid will have a program that is likely to be a full grade level below what they are teaching in other parts of the city.  Putting your kid into a title one school is a not just being there for other poor kids.  There is a reason so many of us have fled.[/quote]

This sums up at the end of the day why I left. We were enrolled in our IB school (title I) my child was to be in PS-3 and as I was dropping off the paperwork the principal asked me if I would be president of the PTA. 
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I'm sure this is a little extreme and there is Title I and Title I, but what you say highlights something else about what you may have going for yourself at a Title I school. You may actually have a true say. This isn't something all parents are looking for and not what everyone is cut out to do but if you are, know a thing or two, and have an ability to communicate and deliberate with others, a Title I is a likelier place to have a say than your typical upper NW school.[/quote]

These schools are under so much pressure because of testing and scores and real crisis like a parent with mental health issues and unable to manage the homeless shelter system.  Children bringing crack to class.  Yes, I got the call from the principal that it had happened.   I can tell you that there is so much more input and real consideration in a Ward 3 school.  My point is that these schools struggle for a lot of reasons and good people work really hard to stop kids from losing, it is hard to pull them ahead.  More needs to be done, but don't walk in assuming that there won't be issues. [/quote]

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