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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The K class does not have a lot of in boundary kids, in part because there was sort of a mass exodus after PS3. But I also agree that there have been plenty of opportunities for families to move to other schools the past couple of years - if they haven't yet done it, not sure why they would now.[/quote]

Any discipline problems with the K class?  Kids acting out, behavioral issues, hitting, bullying, picking on each other, etc.?  I don't think Mr. Thomas would tolerate that if he knew of it, but I'm just wondering if there's anything under the radar.  I'm always worried about safety, in any school.

Would you call it a positive and nurturing learning environment?  Are your kids excelling?[/quote]

20:40 here -- my kid is doing very well in K. I've said elsewhere, the K teachers are very good at differentiation & meeting the needs of students coming in at a wide range of reading levels. My daughter started the year struggling to read and very discouraged (pressure she put on herself, not from us); she's now reading well ahead of grade level and feels very confident.

There are a couple kids who act out sometimes, but nothing I wouldn't expect from a room full of 6-year-olds, and in my experience the school handles it promptly. For example, a classmate hit my daughter, and at pick up that day Mr. Thomas told us what happened and how the school was handling it. (They took it more seriously than my daughter did, she was completely unfazed.) Some kids are better at listening than others, but even the worst offenders are sweet kids, with involved parents -- they just haven't fully developed their impulse control, which IMHO is par for the course at 6.

Also, I went back and checked the pk3 class list, and of 13 kids in my daughter's class that first year, 7 or 8 (there's one I'm not sure about) are still at LT. The five I know for sure are gone all left right after pk3; I don't think they ever had any intention of staying at LT. Those of us from her class who stayed for pk4 are all still around. I'm not sure which families are IB or not, but to me, retention is retention, whether it's IB or OOB.[/quote]

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