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[quote=Anonymous]This thread has gotten way off topic.  Everyone is so quick to jump to conclusions about OP's intent on diversity in the classroom.  My reading was that she favored a high number of Hispanic/Latino families because that's what her family is, and the percentage at Powell is greater than at Haynes.

OP, the truth is that you're not going to get the answer you are looking for here.  DCUM more or less turned on EL Haynes as soon as something newer came along.  Creative Minds, Inspired Teaching, Mundo Verde, Powell, have all been praised while Cap City and EL Haynes have been shoved off to the side.  Guess what, as soon as someone decides that West and Bruce Monroe are better than Powell, DCUM will turn on Powell, too.

I have a child in a low elementary grade at EL Haynes.  I have been mostly happy.  They have some planned changes for the coming school year - notably the aftercare program has been outsourced to Springboard, where it was previously run in-house - that I am not sure about.  Dual language was not a priority for my family, but being secure at a school for as long as possible was.  I feel confident that my child could stay at EL Haynes until he graduates from high school.  I also suspect that more and more families whose children are in school at ELH now will continue through high school, or at least through middle school.

As an aside, in the spring ELH hosted a party/fundraiser for families and supporters where several of the seniors were present.  One of the students received a Gates Millennium Scholarship.   I spoke to him, and another student, and they talked about being at the ELH since elementary grades, and how much they loved the school.  I was very impressed with all the students I met, as well as those who spoke about their experiences at the school.  I think it's a special place.  I think my son is probably going to be fine academically regardless of where he is, but I think that going to EL Haynes will make him a better person. [/quote]

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