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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the problem is that the pta and young won't engage in dialogue w/parents about this and that, including language choice and the future of prek3.  there are 8 or 9 dcps elementary schools in upper nw that have made the decision to drop prek3 to make room for almost everybody in prek4. brent won't even discuss the future of prek3, even though most of the parents arrive two years after a select group started (only 30 families out of more than 70 who applied over the winter).  say what you like but the arrangement isn't ideal.
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You seem to know almost as little about Brent as you do about the 8 or 9 schools in Upper NW which purportedly dropped PK3.  If you want to have dialogue with the PTA reach out to its Board members or come to a meeting and speak up.  Better yet, address your concerns to the LSAT, which has a community representative and is the proper forum for airing your grievances.  No, the situation isn't ideal but Brent just invested significant time and resources developing a Reggio-inspired PK program for mixed age classes.  There was a public forum sponsored by the LSAT back in 2013 to discuss these very same issues.  The resulting decision was to add an additional 3rd Grade class in the interest of fostering greater academic achievement for upper grade students in a smaller classroom setting.  If you or others want to put forth a principled argument for adding another ECE classroom please take the time to address logistical and administrative realities, such as where the classroom would be located, how time will be allocated for art, music, world language and PE classes, the fact that adding another ECE class would have accommodated another 17 PK3 students at most, and last (but certainly not least) the fact Principal Young doesn't have the discretion to drop PK3 (and Central Office won't ever dign off on this, particularly with the new "at risk" set asides on the horizon. Bottom line:  Brent's boundaries are probably too large and need to be redrawn in a couple of years.  That will be an absolute shit storm.  Welcome to the Hill, where a good percentage of kids don't get into their IB school for PK3.[/quote]

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