Anonymous wrote:Here we go already with the posts from entering PK3 families who cannot think beyond Pre-K. The real question is are you planning to stay?

The real question you should be asking is what about middle school?

We have a kindergarten and 2nd grader at Garrison and we could not be happier. It's a dramatic improvement over the charter school that we were at for the previous for years.

We loved it. Their ECE program was great. We moved later due to personal reasons but it's a solid school.

Speaking for my family (a new PreK3 family at Garrison): we think and talk about beyond Pre-K all the time. We very much want to be able to stay and are taking it one step at a time. We know kids in K and 1st who are quite happy and we believe there are lots of things going for the school.

Here we go already with the posts from entering PK3 families who cannot think beyond Pre-K. The real question is are you planning to stay?

Anonymous wrote:It was awesome, we loved it, and now that we are at a top-performing school (we moved to another part of the city after PK3/4 at Garrison), I can say that the ECE approach at Garrison was as strong as what I'm seeing here. And now it sounds like ECE is going well AND they have a good principal, instead of DESPITE a lackluster principal as was the case when we were there.

LOL. Of course.

Lots of families love PK and K. Just be prepared to lottery every year or move once 1st or 2nd rolls around.

It was awesome, we loved it, and now that we are at a top-performing school (we moved to another part of the city after PK3/4 at Garrison), I can say that the ECE approach at Garrison was as strong as what I'm seeing here. And now it sounds like ECE is going well AND they have a good principal, instead of DESPITE a lackluster principal as was the case when we were there.

We just started PK3 at Garrison (also IB) and love it! The PK program is very strong and there is a lot of energy being spent to strengthen K-3. The new facility and playground, new (as of last year) Principal, and teachers are terrific! We are quite impressed with the classroom environment and learning style and it seems like all the other PK families we've talked to (from different classrooms) feel the same way.

We are IB for Garrison and will be applying to its pre-K3 program (and others) in March. Curious for any recent feedback about the school.