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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be helpful to know more about the plans for Drew next year.  The choice of principal seems positive, based on the growth of Hoffman-Boston, but overall, being redistricted to Drew is being treated as a punishment, not as something that could be positive.

Assuming the Montessori teachers are moving to Henry, what is the plan for hiring new staff?  Is the expectation that teachers will be transferred from the sending schools?

Is the plan to keep a STEAM focus at Drew? How is that being implemented?

How do they plan to integrate 400 new students into the school- are they keeping the existing traditions, or do they plan to develop new traditions?

It looks like Drew has Odyssey of the Mind and Model UN teams- will those continue when Montessori moves?

Give people reasons to be excited about Drew.  Otherwise, we're assuming it will be test prep, tutoring and Saturday school, like Carlin Springs, given the 80% predicted FARMS rate.

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Montessori teachers were for Montessori classes only. Of course they shared some of specials. As MOntessori moves out (400+ seats) they have to move in that amount of kids. Drew Montessori already separated this year with different office (they used the same before), separate PTA , UN MOdel and Oddysey of Mind were started by Montessori teachers/parents so that will move out and Drew Model will have to figure out, but they working together this year to transfer all thoe skills. And of course, with 400+ new student they will have to hire new teachers or move teachers from other schools. My kids went to HB when we had that principal and she was amazing and all about STEM so I'm guessing that will continue. They have an amazing band and chorus. Drew teachers and community are amazing!!! We will miss Drew and the community when we move to PH next fall. And that school will become one that you would wish you moved to. Just saying!!!
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Not to be a wet blanket, but what will make Drew different from other high farms schools like Randolph and carlin springs? Those schools struggle because an 80% farms rate has consequences. They've also had the same rate for at least 20 years and there's no reason to believe Drew won't as well. [/quote]

They're not going with the boundary they first proposed. We don't know what the fr/l rate will be yet. [/quote]

Ok, for the sake of argument, let's say the first proposal isn't among those that will be voted on. Let's say it gets down to 60. What makes Drew different from a Barrett or a Barcroft?[/quote]

I know UMC families who love Barcroft. [/quote]

I hear the same, particularly now that the new principal is in place, and I don't hear very many complaints about Barrett, despite its higher poverty level. Both of these schools have a small but significant cohort of MC kids. Barcroft had some very particular issues for a couple of years which caused a number of families to either leave or to not give it a try in the first place. I think many of those issues have been ironed out or progress is being made. I've got a few friends with kids there now, and they are very happy, unlike the friends whose kids were there 4-5 years ago and had very little positive to say. In short, I don't know that it will be different demographically from current Barrett or Barcroft, but that's not necessarily a terrible thing, if the right leadership is in place.

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