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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent of a 10th grader and a 12th grader.  It's my second year as a Wilson parent and I was dismayed when Cahall was suddenly out of the picture.  However, since the start of the school year I've attended coffees, reached the principal when there were concerns and have been impressed. Martin has proven thoughtful and thorough in every regard. Many aspects of day to day school functioning seem to have improved since last June. The online grading system is extremely fluid and helpful, even though it has just rolled out --I have a snapshot of every class and teacher messaging with them is easy.  Parent teacher conferences were easily as smooth and informative as they were at my former private school.  In fact I feel we get way more "for our money".  My older son, thanks to resourceful counselors attends university 3x a week through HiSCIP and ran with the most outstanding coaches I've ever encountered with Wilson x-country&track.  My younger son is busy every day after school in the outstanding theatre program.  At no time have either child felt unsafe.  If there are any issues at Wilson it is the population size management coming at us.  There are also the very real differences in the experiences among kids who thrive in Honors and AP courses and kids who aren't there yet, and this is a priority issue with Martin and many parents, we all want to find ways to bring a great experience to every child regardless of their economic resources and see more kids confident and successful taking AP courses.  This is not a school system one bulldozes into, and the questions at the open house probably were a bit startling, we've had many parent meetings with the principal and no one has expressed alarm or concern for safety, nor has anyone touched on the complex boundary issue. The Wilson principal seems to be taking a balanced, immersive approach into the community working with her staff and interested families. For example, parents had questions about the new hospitality academy -- the next coffee is tomorrow morning and entirely about that academy, hosted by prominent professional hoteliers in the city, with limited capacity.  It's not even Thanksgiving but things are going really well. And I can see that it is tempting to skip paragraphs in DCUM, it's a little box, after all.  Thanks, Maureen Diner, Wilson Parent [/quote]

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