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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am skeptical of those numbers.  There are at least 50 SWW 9th graders that went to Deal last year.  There were not 600 kids in 8th grade at Deal last year.

I am not saying it is not overcrowded and this is not an issue, just be careful with asserting "facts"[/quote]

OP here - and I am skeptical of your numbers.  The Beacon gave the current enrollment - 550 from Deal was told to me by my child.  They don't have enrollment numbers from last year up - but it was 537 in 7th grade for this group.  My child only knows 5 people who went to Walls and they know a lot of kids.  Walls hired an inept math teacher from Deal that this grade had a chance of having twice - in 6th and 7th grade.  I have heard more then a handful of kids saying they didn't want to go to Walls because they hired that teacher so how good can they be.  All anecdotal but I think it was a low Walls year and I would say 20-30 went.  So...why don't you be just as careful.  [/quote]

I have a 9th trader at Walls  is and I stand by my assessment of numbers, I am actually guessing low given what I have heard from my child but I do acknowledge it is a guess.  I am aware of that math teacher as I heard about it from the shadow day from another student I know also now at Walls and my student is not in a class with that teacher.  Walls is not perfect but it has a lot of very good things about it, including a high level of independence for the students, and I am very happy my child is there and not Wilson.[/quote]

I'm glad to hear that you are so self-satisfied that you are not at Wilson.  We're having a good experience, so why do you not trash something that you don't have anything to do with.  You sound like a private school parent.[/quote]

I apologize, I really should not have gotten so defensive to the OP whi was insulting Walls for it’s teachers that are so terrible that no more than 30 Deal kids could possibly have elected to attend.

I too have spoke with families whose students are thriving there, both before and this year.  I was saying that for my child, there are a lot of good things about Walls and I also acknowledged it is not perfect.  For my child, a little smaller is better.[/quote]

I'm sure you can find a teacher or two to insult at Wilson :)  It worries me more that Deal acquired a few good teachers...from Wilson.  Though it far more worries me that Walls hired that particular teacher.

And my point about your numbers was that they were just a guess as well - my current enrollment number was pretty correct.  And I have multiple children at Wilson/Deal who have lots of friends so compared to previous years - very, very low numbers going to Walls.  Not saying they don't go there but you were so snippy about having facts.  The real issue is overwcroweidng that isn't being dealt with correctly.

My child is lucky - has all they need for classes.  But I heard quite a few stories about kdis waiting for hours to try to fix their schedule and failing.  Why wasn't this planned for?  No, I'm not freaking out about it - my kid wanted to go to Wilson as they hate small schools.  I just want to make sure the issue is being raised and to see if others know more about this particular issues.  There will be good and bad at every school and learning to adapt to that is good for all our kids.  But if your kid doesn't go to Wilson ...go start your own thread.  This is one issue you luckily do not have to deal with.  [/quote]

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