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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While we’re on the topic of Montessori, did anyone notice how low the K applications are? 76?!  Why are we keeping that program? No one wants it for K-5 except rich white folks.  Let them pay for private Montessori. Offer to ages 3-5 based on income. Can it after that. I’m tired of subsidizing their program. [/quote]
Was 76 the final total?  I remember them announcing numbers 3 days before the deadline, but not after that.[/quote]

What is the 1st grade application number? I think that's when most who've been in a Montessori program would apply, right? [/quote]

Montessori had 50. For comparison purposes, ATS had 59, Campbell had 32, Key had 35 and Claremont had 25.[/quote]

That 50 doesn't count the 45 or so kids who continue from Drew Montessori preschool into the elementary program at 1st grade.  And anyway, Tara Nattrass didn't admit any of the 1st grade applicants. Not even the younger siblings of current elementary students. So even though next year will be the most overcrowded year for elementary schools (1000 seat deficit), Drew will have no trailers and a choice program will be artificially capped by APS.

To the person complaining about Montessori application numbers above, there were something like 500 preschool applicants. That's when Montessori begins and the children who get in stay for elementary. So there's your demand.[/quote]

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