Anonymous
Post 08/03/2017 23:57     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Remove SWS - you're not going to get in there at K.



Thanks. Anything else I should give up on?


I disagree. I know more than a few people who got into SWS for K. Don't know why, but it's not nearly as impossible. Larger class sizes as the kids get older?
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2017 13:00     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No OP but my unembraceable school is Lasalle Backus. Anybody been there? Had any good experiences? No. I didn't think so.

Holier than thou posters talking in the abstract about how if people just embraced their in bound it would magically improve really irk me.

I really want to hear about experiences with navigating the system. How you like this or that school.

General preaching against charters? Less interesting to me.


Despite your disparagement of other posters, your request is too broad to generate a useful discussion. You want to talk about all schools, and everyone's experience? Come on. Try starting your own threads with better defined topics.


I am encouraging people to be specific and useful. I do start threads when appropriate. There was a lot of general anti-charter talk in this thread. I was responding to it. You were having a straw man argument.


But this thread died in May?


+1. Enough already. The thread was about best options for K in OP's area. Then it started to ramble and you have inexplicably resurrected it. Wtf. Start your own thread if you feel you have something to contribute.
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2017 12:57     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No OP but my unembraceable school is Lasalle Backus. Anybody been there? Had any good experiences? No. I didn't think so.

Holier than thou posters talking in the abstract about how if people just embraced their in bound it would magically improve really irk me.

I really want to hear about experiences with navigating the system. How you like this or that school.

General preaching against charters? Less interesting to me.


Despite your disparagement of other posters, your request is too broad to generate a useful discussion. You want to talk about all schools, and everyone's experience? Come on. Try starting your own threads with better defined topics.


I am encouraging people to be specific and useful. I do start threads when appropriate. There was a lot of general anti-charter talk in this thread. I was responding to it. You were having a straw man argument.


But this thread died in May?
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2017 12:50     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No OP but my unembraceable school is Lasalle Backus. Anybody been there? Had any good experiences? No. I didn't think so.

Holier than thou posters talking in the abstract about how if people just embraced their in bound it would magically improve really irk me.

I really want to hear about experiences with navigating the system. How you like this or that school.

General preaching against charters? Less interesting to me.


Despite your disparagement of other posters, your request is too broad to generate a useful discussion. You want to talk about all schools, and everyone's experience? Come on. Try starting your own threads with better defined topics.


I am encouraging people to be specific and useful. I do start threads when appropriate. There was a lot of general anti-charter talk in this thread. I was responding to it. You were having a straw man argument.
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2017 12:00     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:No OP but my unembraceable school is Lasalle Backus. Anybody been there? Had any good experiences? No. I didn't think so.

Holier than thou posters talking in the abstract about how if people just embraced their in bound it would magically improve really irk me.

I really want to hear about experiences with navigating the system. How you like this or that school.

General preaching against charters? Less interesting to me.


Despite your disparagement of other posters, your request is too broad to generate a useful discussion. You want to talk about all schools, and everyone's experience? Come on. Try starting your own threads with better defined topics.
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2017 11:47     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:No OP but my unembraceable school is Lasalle Backus. Anybody been there? Had any good experiences? No. I didn't think so.

Holier than thou posters talking in the abstract about how if people just embraced their in bound it would magically improve really irk me.

I really want to hear about experiences with navigating the system. How you like this or that school.

General preaching against charters? Less interesting to me.


+1
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2017 11:25     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

No OP but my unembraceable school is Lasalle Backus. Anybody been there? Had any good experiences? No. I didn't think so.

Holier than thou posters talking in the abstract about how if people just embraced their in bound it would magically improve really irk me.

I really want to hear about experiences with navigating the system. How you like this or that school.

General preaching against charters? Less interesting to me.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2017 11:13     Subject: Re:Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:
So are you at Bunker? Inquiring minds...that's my IB...

Noyes supposed to be improving as well. Then there's always Bethune?


Not gonna say, sorry


It would be really helpful to know if when people allude to schools not being embraceable, which school you're talking about... I'm also IB for Bunker Hill and if there are serious complaints, isn't that what this forum is for?


Maybe but it would derail the purpose of OP's thread, which is to creatr a more strategic K list. If you want to start a thread about Bunker Hill, pleas do.


Well sure, but given that we're on page 6 of this thread and people are sharing all sorts of experiences with schools, including debates over silver spring schools and YY, I think the derailment has already happened and I think it's pretty legit to expect some level of transparency here, otherwise what's the point?


OP can say if she wants to. But it doesn't really matter. The things she said about her IB are true of a lot of schools. If you have questions about Bunker Hill, start your own thread. This thread is old and unclear if the OP is still managing it.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2017 11:12     Subject: Re:Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

So are you at Bunker? Inquiring minds...that's my IB...

Noyes supposed to be improving as well. Then there's always Bethune?


Not gonna say, sorry


It would be really helpful to know if when people allude to schools not being embraceable, which school you're talking about... I'm also IB for Bunker Hill and if there are serious complaints, isn't that what this forum is for?


Maybe but it would derail the purpose of OP's thread, which is to creatr a more strategic K list. If you want to start a thread about Bunker Hill, pleas do.


Well sure, but given that we're on page 6 of this thread and people are sharing all sorts of experiences with schools, including debates over silver spring schools and YY, I think the derailment has already happened and I think it's pretty legit to expect some level of transparency here, otherwise what's the point?
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2017 11:04     Subject: Re:Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Anonymous wrote:

So are you at Bunker? Inquiring minds...that's my IB...

Noyes supposed to be improving as well. Then there's always Bethune?


Not gonna say, sorry


It would be really helpful to know if when people allude to schools not being embraceable, which school you're talking about... I'm also IB for Bunker Hill and if there are serious complaints, isn't that what this forum is for?


Maybe but it would derail the purpose of OP's thread, which is to creatr a more strategic K list. If you want to start a thread about Bunker Hill, pleas do.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2017 11:01     Subject: Re:Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?


So are you at Bunker? Inquiring minds...that's my IB...

Noyes supposed to be improving as well. Then there's always Bethune?


Not gonna say, sorry


It would be really helpful to know if when people allude to schools not being embraceable, which school you're talking about... I'm also IB for Bunker Hill and if there are serious complaints, isn't that what this forum is for?
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2017 10:10     Subject: Feeling sad about striking out for PK3 and Pk4, any advice on K strategy?

Thank you PP, your experience is heartening to me. We would be thrilled with Inspired Teaching!