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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^And no one at Hearst was against PS3, DCPS did not give them the funds in their infinite wisdom. The principal supports it and the school has a room picked out and everything. Also, this has nothing to do with anything on this thread.[/quote

How many letters did the Hearst PTA write in support of PS3?  How many meetings were held to gauge interest?  There was an unrelated meeting in September and one parent asked the principal directly if parents should be lobbying for PS3 and[b] they were told not to do so[/b].  [/quote]

Parents should ignore this request.  The principal has a bureaucratic tendency not to rock the boat.  It's the job of parents to rock it, to get DCPS' attention.[/quote]

I am a parent at Hearst who had no strong opinion about PK3.  I have no kids that would have benefited from it, so while I was never opposed to it, I also had no reason to dedicate myself to making it happen.  Those who wanted to make it happen should have organized something.  Did you organize a meeting to gauge interest?  Did you create a letter of interest for others to sign?  I would have happily signed a petition, sent a letter of support, etc., but no one asked me to.  I'm not sure I understand why you think everyone at the school, most of whom would not benefit from a PK3 in any way, was going to rise up around this without some organizing force.  And no, the PTA should not have been that force, they have enough to do already and this was not their battle to fight.

And again, this has absolutely nothing to do with this topic.  Had there been a PK3, it would have filled up with IB kids, who would have started in PK4 or K regardless. It would have had no impact on the OOB community so they had no reason to oppose it.[/quote]

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