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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you tried contacting the principal? This is a school in flux but it could be great. They will need new parents to take on PTA roles and get involved. I get it—this is time consuming and hard. Most of us are from 2 parent working families but that kind of opportunity can help you develop relationships with staff and leaders and really influence your child’s experience. It’s hard for staff to do outreach before they know who will be attending  and it sounds like right now the PYA is just one or two people. It will get better. But you have to reach out, be involved and give the school a chance.[/quote]

The Drew PTA president posted a nice message to the Arlington Education Matters FB page and introduced herself and offered to be a resource for families who may have questions. I'd recommend reaching out to her through that page. [/quote]

I will reach out to the Drew PTA president.

But to the person lecturing about getting involved, you do realize that implying incoming families will have to start from scratch to try and build a good elementary experience, is not helping??  It adds to the perception that Drew will be a "lesser" experience for at least the next few years.  How long will it take to "get better?"  I don't have a preschooler.  Starting over, when my kid is halfway through elementary school, is not appealing.

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DP than the one you're responding to, but wanted to chime in.

Even Discovery had to do this when it opened. From what I remember, the Nottingham PTA provided support (logisitcal and financial) to Discovery, once they knew the boundaries and that most of the students would be drawn from that boundary. Drew (other than Nauck) doesn't have that luxury yet. Since nobody knows who else will be in the boundary, how can anyone step up to officer roles or even offer support? Once the boundary is decided, I imagine whatever other school sends a chunk of kids will have parents who step up, and perhaps the sending school's PTA will offer financial assistance. There's also CCPTA, who provide PTA officer training in the spring, and offer grants to PTAs who have specific requests twice a year.

I get that "starting over" isn't appealing. It's not any more appealing to any other parents whose kids are moving midway through ES, but it's going to have to be someone. What I can say as someone not personally involved, but with my ear close to the ground, the new Drew principal is awesome. She's exactly the leader you want when you're in a "rebuilding" year. Also, APS can be pretty choosy with staff. There are hundreds more applicants than there are positions. There is every reason to be optimistic about what can and will be accomplished at the school with regard to instruction. I think enough of us across Arlington are invested in the idea of Drew succeeding that there will be extra support from other schools and community organizations to try to help get the school and PTA off to the best start possible. People are talking about this, I think they will follow through. 
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