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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current ITS family matched with Hearst....what to do?![/quote]

Depends. Has your DC already made quite a few friends? We're you planning on staying at ITS for middle school? Hearst has Deal so that's a huge plus. What don't you like at ITS that made you lottery to begin with? [/quote]

DC has lots of friends and we are in bounds for Deal as is so that's not a deciding factor. As we move up in grades at ITS we don't feel the academics are as strong as we would like, don't feel confident in ITS hiring decisions (again for the upper grades), and am generally dissatisfied with the administration (lack of communication with parents and not very responsive to parents concerns and issues).

We already decided not to stay for middle school as we feed into Deal so wondering if it's better to move to Hearst where DC would follow a group on friends to Deal and hopefully be more challenged academically. Any former ITS parents who made the move to another school out there willing to chime in? Any current or former Hearst parents who can give insight? [/quote]

Hearst parent of rising 2nd grader.  In my experience the school has done a great job meeting kids where they are and challenging them appropriately for whatever level they are at. Of course we are only mid-way through 1st grade so can't comment on upper grades directly.  I would invite you to the April 24th open house - 9:15 start - to meet Principal Thomas and ask her some of your questions.   We will try to  have some teachers available for q & a as well ...[/quote]

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