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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I recommend you spend some time in Tenlytown both before and after school.  Talk with the folks who work in the businesses around the school.  Or just sit on the bench by the library and observe.  It will give you a good feel for the school.[/quote]

What exactly will you learn about the school from observing how kids behave as soon as they're done with school for the day?[/quote]

NP here. You learn a lot, insomuch as the behavior of the kids that attend the school. Im in Tenleytown most days around that time, and have been threatened routinely inside of my car, outside of my car, I watch kids smoking weed out in the open, screaming at eachother, running in packs from various police officers posted to keep behavior in check,  the stress of the managers at Target over shoplifting, the stress and eye-rolling of the local businesses, kids sneaking in the backdoor of Wawa to get around the timed entry. The general manners of the portion of the student body observed (terrible). The drive-by shooting that took place outside. Its precisely BECAUSE of the observation of students outside of the building that I would never send my kids there, and I'm in the feeder pattern. I don't what we are going to do because we can't afford private, but understanding my own expectations for my kids and their behavior, being surrounded by what I see every day around J-R makes this school a non option. Maybe we move in bounds for MacArthur. There is nothing to do or mess with retail wise so maybe kids will just...go home? [/quote]

WTAF! I’ve never been harassed when I’m in Tenley at that time. Not once in over a decade. Also, a Target employee told me they have everything locked up because of professional criminals who steal an entire row of detergent, not students. If you think there is a school in America that doesn’t have pot smoking kids, who jump around and are loud when together, you are delusional.

I have a JR grad at a top-25 college, who is thriving. I have one there now and I think the teaching staff has improved, or this kid has lucked out with teachers. The kids all seem to love it there. [/quote]

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