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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. Couple of observations:
1. There is an end game in staff's mind we don't know about. I know that is always suspected, but here literally there is a second act coming in a few years. As a sidenote, I would beware any promises made now because they can be forgotten or disregarded by then, too. Exhibit A: SAWG.
2. Montessori is two-thirds FRL. Period. If anything, it might be much more this year as there are several unfilled slots via lottery. Lottery is UMC 1/3rd...and not all slots filled. It could be really interesting to find out why. Rumor is it of a claim of breakdown in central registration (this was first year, and I know for a fact it was a mess). But does cutting overall population serve some other purpose?
3. Montessori put blood, sweat and tears and money into Drew. That was Montessori's school building for decades, along side the model program. Montessorians are beyond rapproach for what happens to Drew PTA now. Sure, you can say "wouldn't it be nice if they devoted some parents to helping Drew PTA get stood up." But it didn't happen before, and not for lack of trying. And, what school's PTA would be responsible for another's?
4. North Arlington: you're now on the hook for a generation of tax hikes to subsidize the lower-income enclaves you created in SA. This isn't a diversity rant or lament about fair. That's a fiscal reality check. [/quote]

Montessori is not 2/3 fr/l. It is 2/3 low income, or below about $88k for application purposes. The fr/l cut is a lot lower. I made that mistake myself when I first started looking at all these numbers, but that explains why Drew is relatively well off now. The Montessori program is supposed to and does serve lower income folks and yet its numbers are still a boon to Drew.

I have heard as well that the centralized process was a problem, and in fact many class sizes are much smaller than in years past. I don't know exactly why.
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The conspiracy theorist in me says montessori at Henry will be short lived and that aps is trying to wind it down. The Henry building will be demolished soon to make way for the 4th high school. Surrounding neighborhoods are already screaming bloody murder about how the high school won't have the amenities the others do. Maybe they'll accondafe the montessori program on site, maybe they won't. But you have to ask, where - like literally, at what address - will the montessori program be in 10 years. No one knows.[/quote]

That would Be the same neighborhoods who ( if things played out their way) 
A) avoided Drew
B) avoided Wakefield 
C) got themselves a new neighborhood high school with all the amenities

If they can pull all of that off, they’ve got some juice.[/quote]

What are you talking about? By and large, our neighborhood did NOT want the high school at the Career Center. It is outright insulting to say that we are trying to avoid Wakefield. [/quote]

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