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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where do people feel Takoma Education Campus is on the spectrum of desirability?[/quote] There is a robust group of neighborhood parents working to get the word out to others in the neighborhood that the school is a positive place to be. There are many neighborhood early childhood kids there now and many (most?) are sticking around. The principal is really great, as is the new assistant principal. My child will be in K next year and we're happy there. So I would say that Takoma ranks high on the spectrum of desirability, as you put it.[/quote] Until there is a Middle School (and not an education campus) and Takoma becomes a true Elementary School, there is little hope of Takoma gaining significant traction. It will be every year, every child lotteries and tries to find a place with a long-term outlook for MS & HS. Students leave one by one for OOB, Charter, Mont Co. the boundary proposal leaves this part of Ward 4 high & dry! new north MS as the only school that will feed to Coolidge? There is no way that the feeder education campuses to Coolidge (Brookland, Takoma, Whittier, LaSalle Backus) will improve in any significant way until there is a real MS (it should either be in one of those 4 feeders or Coolidge MS, with Coolidge then feeding to Roosevelt). [/quote] I see your point but we and many others are sticking around longer than others have. And we are happy about it. So I don't see how this isn't "up and coming?" [/quote] You are right, this is certainly the definition of "up and coming". Personally, too late for me as I live the IB, but with MS age kids. And what I've seen (never had students at Takoma) is that the cohorts don't stick together, but peel off one by one (Deal feeder, Latin, Basis, DCI, Mont County, VA, private, etc.). I truly wish the boundary proposal would not have a future based New North MS, but would reallocate an existing education campus to that purpose. [/quote]
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