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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The welcome event for new families was well-attended this past weekend with several committed families and many that are still making decisions.  These are families that have questions, maybe one foot in the water...people that really want this to work and are seriously excited by the proposed curriculum.  Parents came out in real life and put a lot of pressure on HOS and other admin regarding some of the same issues that DCUMers have been crying about from the comfort of the virtual peanut gallery since story in WaPo.  HOS was asked about everything from divisional sports and PE to visual and performing arts to whether or not the system Whittle is using to track student progress was a market ed product or developed specifically for this school.  Language immersion, class size, travel abroad opportunities, the middle school teacher that's coming over from Sidwell, the interdisciplinary blocks of study, expedition days, etc.  It was all there.

And, yes, construction.

And no, I'm not an evil marketing consultant.

And yes I'm a parent.  Washington is robust with great legacy institutions but I've never seen anything like what this school is proposing.

Hope it works.  If for NOTHING else, than to shut this Keyboarding Club UP.[/quote]

I have seen this before, it is an old fashion type of alternative education and it can be great for many kids. Always private schools, so kids of wealthy parents who are either interested in alternative ed or just want a private school for their own insecurity reasons.   These places normally start small and less bombastically. [/quote]

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