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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at the struggles of ITS, CMI, and Two Rivers in creating an acceptable middle school even when co-located with a thriving (arguably) elementary school.  Lee is doing well, but SSMA is in crisis, Breakthrough is a baby, and CHML has a ton of problems and a lot of kids who are IB for Stuart-Hobson and/or can more easily commute to TRY or ITS than they can to the new ST location.

I just don't see how you get enough kids to financially operate in a manner people will like, without admitting a ton of kids with no Montessori background, which will put off the people who really care about fidelity to Montessori.[/quote]

I think this is the plan, actually. I don’t know if it will put off those Montessori folks. But I do think any middle school that gets any traction for being decent will fare well and attract many. I guess it’s not a good look if it’s mostly white given the name though.

ST has no location yet I thought, but supposed to be in ward 5?[/quote]

Look at ITS.  It is only now, after 5 years of existence, that there is any significant middle school waitlist.  And that is on-site, convenient if you have siblings in elementary, with a known and trusted leader and team.  Same for TR, they started middle school before ITS but it took years to attract a lot of people.  And the middle school test scores still aren't very good, at either school.  Because that is what happens when you backfill with kids who are mostly below grade level.  Same will happen at ST, except worse because for most families the commute is bad if you have one kid at a feeder and one at ST.

Apparently the location plan is to rent in the new Rocketship building up in Ward 4. Ideally they could get something closer to Lee/SSMA/CHML in the long run, but so far there is no plan for it.[/quote]

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