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  • Finish this quote: "Dc goes to ___ and I love it, but if I could change one or two things, I would __________"

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    08.06.09, 07:54 AM [ Flag ]
    • Dc goes to private and I love it, but if I could change one or two things I would have stayed home with him as a toddler, worked less and sent him to public for the first few years so we could spend more time together

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      08.06.09, 07:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • a school that would be flamed... wave a magic wand and make some of the kids less mean...

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      08.06.09, 08:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • Nest...fill the place with cats to deal with the mouse infestation

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      08.06.09, 08:09 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • ss private and I love it, but if I could change one I would make it co-ed or have a real sister school so younger DC didn't have to go to public because she was shut out.

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      08.06.09, 08:15 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • A sister school or co-ed wouldn't necessarily take a sib.

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        08.06.09, 08:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        • true, but the give them a closer look. DD had lower than desired erb score and most schools will retest a sibling.

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          08.06.09, 08:29 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
          • Fair enough. But those schools will reject a sibling who doesn't do well at school's retest.

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            08.06.09, 10:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
            • true. but since she tested well the following year (high 90's vs. mid 80's) I think she would have done fine in the retest.

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              08.06.09, 11:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • PS3, make it a choice school not a zoned school

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      08.06.09, 08:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • What does a choice school mean vs a zone school?

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        08.06.09, 08:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        • Sorry, I stepped away - a choice school is like 150 or 212 where you can apply to it but it isn't based on academic tests (like a g&t program). My children are older, and back then every single person at 3 wanted to be there because if they didn't they went to 41. But its different now and when you have a progressive school with people who want traditional education, it serves no one well.

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          08.06.09, 11:10 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
          • so your dc doesn't currently go to ps3, in other words. and you have no clue what the situation in the zone is, you're just spouting nonsense. there can't be a choice school just to make the hippie dippie progressive types happy when even two zoned schools aren't enough. the way to serve people well is to dismantle the progressive curriculum at 3 (which wasn't any good at this point anyway) and institute one closer to 41's and the doe standard. everyone's expectations would be met and no one would be unhappy getting "stuck" at the progressive school it's infuriating to listen to someone like you with older dcs try to dictate what's best for people whose circumstances are night and day from what yours were. next time answer a post that's relevant to you.

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            08.06.09, 12:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
            • Calm down lady. My dc is a current student at ps 3. Believe me, the curriculum is not hippie dippy and is almost identical to ps 41 including all the test prep nonsense that is at 41. My dc had to do math sheets first thing in the morning in her 2nd grade class. This nonsense is what makes parents afraid of ps 3. It's not the 70s anymore people.

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              08.06.09, 01:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • bed. keep her there the whole night.

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      08.06.09, 08:22 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • Dc goes to SS TT but if I could change one of two things, I would change the Headmistress, and return the culture of the parent/student body back to what it was when I was there.

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      08.06.09, 08:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • public / eliminate the 6-8 grades.

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      08.06.09, 10:46 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • What do you mean?

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        08.06.09, 11:17 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        • they just started a middle, and i hate the model(and the physical plant is too small anyway)

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          08.06.09, 11:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
          • But doesn't it mean that you don't have to go through MS applications?

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            08.06.09, 11:22 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
            • people here get way caught up in the convenience aspect. i guess i think of it differently. don't believe in k - 8 model in publics at all.

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              08.06.09, 11:25 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
              • Why not? MS is such a miserable place for majority of the kids it seems. And even if you are in K-8, nothing says you have to stay for MS, you can always apply out. You just have an option to stay, which kids in K-5 schools do not have. Makes the 4th grade tests hell for many of them.

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                08.06.09, 11:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • Dc went to Hunter and I used to love it, but if I could change one or two things, I would have taken dc out while it was still fun and before the HS beat dc down.

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      08.06.09, 12:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • DC goes to SS school and I love it, but if I could change one or two things, I would require uniforms.

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      08.06.09, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • Lower Lab, get rid of some of the most obnoxious parents

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      08.18.09, 08:24 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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