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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So now that the Superintendent's proposed CIP calls for tearing down the Henry building in a few years, shouldn't we be including the Montessori school in this planning process? If not, what are we doing with that program? Montessori to Nottingham?[/quote]

That could perhaps be an idea!!!  Perhaps Nottingham could stay neighborhood, but with a smaller attendance zone, and add Montessori.  I know it didn't work out well at Drew, but I think there was a different dynamic there.  It is worth exploring.  Many Montessori parents have happily traveled to Discovery and Jamestown for a while, and have hoped to get a Montessori spot there, so Nottingham is not further.  I'm not sure, but it should be looked at.[/quote]

No.  The problem wasn't due to a specific dynamic at Drew.
Montessori is a completely different approach to education and does not even align with the K-5/6-8/9-12 structure of our schools.  I'm not a Montessori person, nor a particular fan of Arlington's Montessori community; but I still say, if we're going to have Montessori, it needs to have its own building.  So give it all of Nottingham, or give it none of Nottingham.  No more programs within neighborhood elementary schools!  One or the other, period!  It's problematic enough in regards to equitable access in middle and high school.[/quote]

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