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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  You won't be starting entirely from scratch.  The principal is already there building upon the STEAM model put in place last year.  Staff will have already spent two years implementing the curriculum.  The current staff will be experienced and able to train and mentor the incoming staff on the curriculum.  There are some passionate and involved adults getting started on the Drew-only PTA now.  Boundaries will be established in December.  That gives half a year for the incoming part of the community to go in and discuss where they're all coming from and what they all have to bring and how everyone will meld it all together with what's already there.

I would suggest that everyone - NOW- starts pushing APS administration and SB to ensure that they get a lot of experienced teachers as well as new teachers.  As soon as you know you're heading to Drew - get on them and just keep showing up to let them know your expectations and you're going to hold APS to them.  By "you," I mean the plural "you" of everyone who will be attending Drew next year.[/quote]

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