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Now I have to choose between PS 150 and LL. We live kind of half way between those two schools so commuting is going to be a chore no matter what (LL does have a bus, though, that DC can use). I heard rumors that PS150's PTA is not so fond of families from outside the neighborhood and they put a lot pf pressure on parents to be involved 150%. Should we just go for LL. Anybody at PS150 who can tell me how the school really is?
12 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I'm guessing this is too late, but we go to PS 150 from outside the zone. I don't think the PTA is not fond of families from outside the zone. You don't need to be that involved, actually; I do enough and it's nothing compared with the financial/commitment pressure friends with kids at LL or Anderson feel. Everyone has been very friendly and low-key. The school has a long history of taking kids from other nabes (curtailed of late b/c of need for downtown seats). It's a lovely school, honestly.
[ Reply | Options ]Interesting view. NP here. My child is at LL and we never experienced the financial/commitment pressure you are talking about (with the exception of some rogue parents who think they know better). On the other hand I have a friend whose child goes to 150 and she says that she has the impression that because she doesn't live in the nabe she is not being taken seriously enough by the PTA.
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love maggie sienna but the school seems to have lost its mojo. and yes, you must be just as involved at 150 as ll. the poster who thinks otherwise no doubt elicits nasty gossip and raised eyebrows. and not because she lives out of the zone. and since about two people per class gets in out of the zone these days you will feel like an outsider. go with ll.
[ Reply | Options ]I go on UB so infrequently, but I guess I flagged this post last time I was on. I am OR above who has a child at 150 and lives outside the zone. I really don't get the impression that there is much nasty gossip at 150; it's just not that kind of place. Yes, you are asked to help out and contribute, but there is never a "suggested amount" as there is at other schools (a friend told me she was told to contribute upwards of $900) and whatever you can do will be valued. As for feeling like an outsider, I know families who don't live on the UES who feel like outsiders at LL. It really depends on how sensitive you are to that sort of thing. Our experience at 150 has been very positive, and I know parents who love LL too. I'm only posting this in case some other parent in the future is searching with a similar question.
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good luck but can i just say it kills me to hear about people with more than one good choice, when we have none.
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