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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm new this year with a K child. [b] I read the emails from the Principal and she seems to feel that co teaching is some kind of magic bullet to fix the problem of large class sizes.  I can't say to know the principal well, but I am starting to think that her leaving might be a good thing. [/b] If she doesn't think there is a problem - then she isn't going to address it.  Perhaps the new principal will consider reducing PK classes.  FWIW, my younger is in the lottery for PK this year, so yes, it would suck if we didn't get in - but I think this is the most reasonable and quick solution available to the school.  In one of her recent emails she said enrollment next year will be 730, up from 700 this year.[/quote]

If you think Norah is the problem then you really do not know much about what has turned Janney into the school it is today, which is part of why we have the enrollment problem that we have.  Seriously, she has made substantial changes over the years, not all easy but all for the good.  She is strategic, understands education and supporting teachers, is an extraordinary navigator of DCPS, and is unbelievably good at hiring outstanding teachers.  The school is a different place than it was before she arrived.   (I had a K student in one of Norah's first years and a K student last year and the difference is a chasm).

Everyone can go on and on about IB percentages and such, and I do not dispute that having a prepared student body and an engaged community are important, but Norah created an incredibly progressive and inclusive school (I am talking about the kids' experience here, I have no comment on the debates about the parents) that I feel lucky to have had my children benefit from.  That is all.[/quote]

I agree 100%.  How is the principal supposed to make additional classrooms or funding come out of thin air in the 11th hour of the summer?  The reality is, the school doesn't have space to add another K class.  You either have large classes and add co-teachers or you...?????  Educate the kids in the parking lot?  Light a few AU Park houses on fire and knock off a few kids?  [/quote]

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Yes...you need to educate Janney kids in the parking lot.  Just like Murch is doing this year...with the entire 4th grade in portables IN THE PARKING LOT.  Get in line for your trailers now.

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There is some neighborhood provision that prohibits portables in the Janney school yard.  [/quote]

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