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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just an observation: There seems to be a divide on perspectives here, and elsewhere. There were clearly many, many battles fought over the "Cluster Schools". Those families that were involved are understandably entrenched and their perspectives are informed greatly by that. But for those of us who are only now entering ECE, we don't share that perspective. I don't think of SWS as anything other than a boundary-less DCPS school.  And Peabody and Watkins are just one elementary school that happens to be in two buildings. Stuart Hobson isn't a "Cluster School" to me; it is the MS into which several ES (including Watkins) feed. [b]It's interesting to me that Peabody/Watkins parents and posters with older kids lay claim to SH as if it was part of that school, instead of what it is now, a feeder school from area elementary schools. [/b]

Not a judgment. Not a shot at anyone. Just an observation. [/quote]

It may be best for you not to spout when you aren't on top of the facts. Until a few years ago, only P/W fed to SH. Through the end of this year, P/W and SH share a Principal, share the PTA and LSAT, and essentially share a budget allocation from DCPS, because of the fungibility of the budgets across campuses. There is a lot more to SH being part of the Cluster than the feeder aspect. For over 20 years, nearing 30, the objective was to treat this as one Pk4-8th grade school, not simply as a feeder. It doesn't always align that way, but the model and objective differs substantially from a feeder model.[/quote]

Everything other than your first sentence was rational, helpful and interesting. But then there's the matter of your snotty and condescending first sentence...[b]which actually made my case for me!!![/b]  Prey tell, what facts are not correct?  Does SH not get fed by other schools as well? Is the last vestige of the cluster not going awway (e.g., budget)?  And how does the shared budget make any difference at all when that budget also supports all the other kids in that school? Yes, [b]until a few years ago - [/b]which is to say, not now. Of course, now there's the feeder pattern which makes it not a P/W school, but a regular feeder school. And yes, that [b][u]WAS[/u][/b] the objective...but not anymore. Do you have the ability to process how things changed?  That people looking for schools now look at things as they are, nit how they were? And that the historical perspective, while interesting, doesn't inform the next 10 years, which is the relevant time period for those of us in ECE? Your lack of self awareness is astounding...and exactly what I've come to expect from those of you stuck in the past. [/quote]

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