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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP and not picking--I swear--just curious why Powell would be at the bottom of your list.[/quote]

Not the poster who put Powell at the bottom, but I put Powell at the bottom for PK3 and I am in bounds for Powell and honestly, if we get in to Powell, I probably wont go and will just go private until first grade.  Why?  No diversity in student population (like 84% latino, 99% or something FARMS, 65% english language learners), no diversity among faculty, no inquiry based learning, low test scores, low parent involvement, and I am not convinced that Tools of the Minds is a curriculum that actually makes a difference -- unlike Montessori and inquiry based learning.  I do not care how much folks say it is turning around--based on the tour I did, I prefer to wait until it turns.  Because we are in bounds, I can always join it at K if there is indeed a real turnaround and it becomes a place I want to be.  Save your comments that I should be a part of the turnaround.  I have enough to do and prefer not to add sup par public school crusader to my list.[/quote]

The lack of diversity also works against Powell for me (I commented on it up thread), but the scores are better than those at some other EOTP schools, including some charters (where that information can be found.)  There's also a very involved parent group.  My concern there, however, is that the Parents Organized for the Power of Powell are mostly white gentrifiers creating a parallel community that's separate from the Hispanic community. If we got in there, I'd join in but I see myself doing a lot of explaining to my kid about that separation and get uncomfortable just thinking about it.  I think the principle sees this as an issue and she elicited my trust when she spoke about community at the open house.

I really want Powell to succeed and we'll go if we get in.  But I see my son's ability to move comfortably among a variety of backgrounds and SES levels as essential to his development and Powell is still working on that.  It's weird, but the real diversity is out in the suburbs.[/quote]

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