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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having attended last night, I always find it shocking how entitled and antagonist parents are. This is a free option that works for many families who are lucky enough to get in. If people are so skeptical and openly disinterested then why don’t people just quietly move on? [/quote]

+100 Latin is an absolute gem for those lucky enough to get in. If it makes you feel better to tear it down, go ahead, but it's been wonderful for our kids.[/quote]

What I'm reading in these comments doesn't seem entitled or antagonistic.  it tells me that Latin isn't doing as good a job as they hope in communicating about their mission to prospective families.  I'm one of the PP who said the format of the open house was a total bust but that the approach of the school seems like a good one. [b]Maybe they don't worry about it too much because of their long wait lists [/b]but some of this feedback could be helpful to them.

and, without a lot of visibility into the other properties considered for their second campus, it does feel bizarre to have the second site so close to the first when they endeavor to be accessible to the whole city. [/quote]

It's this. Latin knows it will be number 1 on almost everyone's wait list anyway so they don't have to do much at these open houses.[/quote]

They don't have to do all that much, period. No extra curriculars for 5th graders at Latin Cooper? No music, no performing arts, no real art at all, no real sports and none planned.[/quote]

None of this statement is true. Many of the extra curriculars are during Magis. During the school day, there is a substantial Arts block at Cooper where there is band, there is drama, there is a graphic novels club, there are book clubs, and there are a multitude of classes in different arts. The kids are shuttled to the other campus for sports. The administration has active plans to further expand offerings at Cooper as the campus grows.[/quote]

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