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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swanson... but all APS schools are full to bursting. Except HB.[/quote]

But what are the class sizes like at Swanson? [/quote]

Look at my post at 23:06. I am describing Swanson where my DD is a 7th grader. Yes, the teachers are generally handling the overcrowding the best they can but do you want your child in that far from ideal atmosphere at the same time other students have HB????[/quote]

I have a 7th grader at Swanson. He LOVES it there. I think the teams approach is a good one in that it keeps the kids rotating in their core classes in smaller groups. He gets to meet up with his friends at lunch. He doesn't complain or feel that the school is overcrowded. I get the feeling it is the PARENTS who are freaking out about 'oh the overcrowding' whereas the kids are doing just fine. [/quote]

I have had 2 kids at Swanson; DC2 is there now. Agree that this is a problem much more for parents than for students. But it's also true that there is a limit to how many kids they can squeeze in there.[/quote]

23:06 again.  My DD is happy and thriving at Swanson as well. That is a testament to my daughter's personality and hard how the teachers and administration are working to make a difficult situation tolerable rather than claiming that overcrowding is only a problem for the parents.  My DD is an outspoken, loud, bright and very outgoing kid.  But she still complains about the overcrowding.  I have two sons in college who attended Swanson and I guarantee you it was a better place to go to middle school when they were there. There are no doubt students at all of the overcrowded schools who find it very difficult to navigate is such an environment and, in fact, my DD has had four friends leave Swanson for private for this very reason. Lucky for those kids that the parents could afford private and even luckier for those kids who get to attend HB at the taxpayers' expense. [/quote]

I'm the PP--I too have a college student who went to Swanson. His experience there wasn't better than DC2's. I don't really perceive that much difference TBH, but maybe I'm not paying close enough attention. Class sizes aren't appreciably bigger now, so it's not clear to me why kids would be more likely to get lost in the shuffle now than they were previously. Again, I wonder how much this is parents blaming the "overcrowding" for decisions they might have made anyway.[/quote]

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