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[quote=Anonymous]MV does not have an independent PTA. Nor do they allow admitted families to their email list serv until the first day of school.

The administrators in the school also have students, so feel the two can/should be combined. No checks and balances.

- MV family

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re trump connections at mv  That's pretty laughable considering the school's politics and welcoming attitude to immigrants.

Re proposal, haven't had time to read it yet,  but would the management team be doubled or would the same folks be trying to manage two schools? Or would this be like a franchise situation?

Re optics. Schools should know that current families want to hear news from their school directly well before finding out about it on social media.

Re bunker hill mom,  don't worry,  our concern is for you,  too. If the expansion is indeed too fast to handle well,  it wouldn't be doing you or current families any favors.

- current parent, who is friends with a lot of other happy current parents and somehow have yet to meet the supposed disgruntled ones[/quote]

yeah[b] the school is not shy about asking parents to advocate in its behalf (I got texts to advocate regarding city budget and was also contacted regarding DCI when the building hadn't been transferred). if the school hasn't let parents know, my guess is that it is because they know not all parents will submit comments that are helpful[/b] to their efforts to start a second campus. And I am very sympathetic to parents looking for more good charters - but I think that if a second MV campus opens too soon, it wouldn't be a strong school and will also bring down quality at the current campus - so it would be a net loss for all students. Honestly if this goes forward I would no longer recommend the school to friends who are just starting the lottery process for preschool - I think there is too much danger that quality will go down.[/quote]

This. You realize the charter sector is using high SES families at HRCS as built-in astroturf (i.e. fake grassroots)?  They didn't roll you out on ESSA measuring school quality at 80% of test scores because they know most of MV families would probably oppose, but then the sector sends you to the barricade when they have budget or other policy issues...[/quote]

Don't charters have independent PTAs?[/quote][/quote]

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