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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ this.  It's not about scores for me.  My kids Re at SWS, have vastly different personalities, but all receive exactly what they need to in any given day.

I'm less concerned how my kid might do on the DC-CAS than whether or not she wants to go to school every day, and is being taught in a manner that is interesting and fun.

I actually won't be surprised if SWS' scores don't come back amazing this year, for me, who has been at the school for 4 years, it will be a testament to their Reggio ideology. There is more to life than nailing down the grammar, and it will all come when it comes.   I'm so thrilled and so grateful that I get to send my DCs into a place every day that encourages their wonder, and where they feel loved.  They legitimately are loved, and that is such a gift.  The staff respects and enjoys each other and they teach the kids to make connections in their lives  to look at the silver lining.  THAT makes it a coveted schools, not the scores.  [/quote]

It's not Reggio, it's the fact that kids that don't have significant problems at home are much easier to teach. Less behavior problems = less distractions.  Easy breezy.  [/quote]

You're familiar with the school pp? Because I'm there every day and I see the administration handling "problem kids" every single day in a positive manner - and with the attention they deserve. SWS is not a place with tons of kids who experience a rough home life, this is true, but it's not devoid of them and the lucky few who get to walk in the door every day and be greeted with calm love deserve it.    It's also not devoid of rich kids with serious spectrum and ADD/ADHD disorders - so if you think it's all "easy breezy" you've clearly never stepped foot inside. [/quote]

Oh, I've stepped foot inside.  Fist - you first claimed that it was the reggio philosophy that was the reason for future good scores.  Now you're talking about staff.  Those are two different things. It isn't the "reggio philosophy" that makes staff be good w/ tough kids.  Second - I know exactly of the behaviors you're referring to -- and other schools have 10 kids like that in a class, rather than less than 10 in the ENTIRE school, as SWS does.  Don't tell me 'oh, staff is awesome'  -- I know they're good. I also know that things are harder at Title I schools.

So I stand by my statement.  While there are a few kids with tough behaviors at SWS (what, less than 5, probably), that absolutely pales in comparison to schools in tough neighborhoods.  [/quote]

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