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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at Deal.

The school isn’t overcrowded. The building is unsafe due to the mapping and layout of the school. Too many classrooms are too far from one another. Too many students of different grades and too many varieties of of classrooms are too far for each student to travel to. Consequently, kids are prone to socialize more, arrive late to class, and that leads to unsafe conditions. Whoever was involved in this planning should field these questions. [/quote]

My kid is at Deal and has long complained about the distances and the scramble to get to class on time.

But I'm scratching my head about how that  leads to unsafe conditions or what is wrong with kids socializing?

FWIW I distinctly remember having to scramble in both MS and HS to get between classes on time and 30 years later am hard pressed to think of what was unsafe about that?[/quote]

Uniformly what I have heard from kids new to Deal is how stressful it is trying to get to and from class on time without getting in trouble for running.  I went to a high school that had a ridiculously poor, impractical layout designed in the 60's.  My school addressed the problem by adjusting the schedule.  There were still people monitoring the Halls and the outside cooridors between the various buildings (yes, we had maultiple buildings we had to travel between in an area with long winters, lots of snow, and cold temps).  We didn't have a problem with fighting, kids made it to class, and even had a moment to have a nice exchange with a friend.  Deal should look at its schedule to address this issue.  The kids don't need the stress and from what the kids report, the school is focusing on crowd control versus the stress on the kids.  [/quote]

Have you all forgotten what it’s like to be in MS?! My son complains but he really knows he shouldn’t be socializing and get to class! This really isn’t a problem!! [/quote]

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