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06.23.08, 18:54 PM NY Schools
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I think I will always feel a little bit jealous that my 99 dind't get Anderson or PS 9. I know there just aren't enough spots, but I wanted my kid in a terrific school. We all do. Seems so unfair that so many kids with the same score don't get the same amazing oportunity. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.23.08, 06:54 PM Flag
 

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Where is your dc going? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:55 PM Flag
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better than getting rejected after an onsite and then having all the A moms saying your kid wasjust not a divergent thinker. here, you can blame the lottery [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:55 PM Flag
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I agree. There aren't nearly enough spots for all of the qualified dcs out there. anderson needs to be at least double in size and ps9 needs to be expanding its G&T program, not decreasing it. it's the most successful program in D3. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:56 PM Flag
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agree about ps9, maybe anderson too. but where to put them all. they have a gen ed in the building as well. unless they moved that, there is no space. I believe ps9 will be expanded to 2 classes again after this year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:58 PM Flag
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9 was there first. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:59 PM Flag
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But it's not as if Anderson moved in. Anderson was a part of PS9. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:00 PM Flag
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PS 9 existed long before Anderson. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:01 PM Flag
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Nonetheless, it's not the same as a separate school which moves in. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:03 PM Flag
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This person is suggesting moving the GEN ED which is the majority of the school! Spare me. There are OTHER D3 programs. Just b/c there are brown kids doesn't make them any different - they're the same curriculum! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:04 PM Flag
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You're right. I missed that point in that poster's statement. That's just nuts. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:09 PM Flag
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someone here suggested absorbing the small number of zoned gen ed kids into ps199, ps87 or ps84, and expanding the G&T at ps9 adn anderson. i could see that. btw, I have heard that the gen ed is not really as non-white as you make it sound. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:27 PM Flag
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the gen ed at ps9 is very good. and you're right. there are a number of white families there. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:34 PM Flag
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My point was about the G&T programs that aren't at 9 or 166. They're not lily white and no one wants to go. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:40 PM Flag
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HOW can you see that? Those three schools you listed are already well above capacity. Don't punish them to give more privileges to g&t kids. Everyone deserves a decent education, and you can't add another 4 or 5 kids per teacher to the gen eds at those schools without the kids involved suffering--totally, totally unfair. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 09:43 AM Flag
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I don't think the poster was suggesting moving the gen ed out. poster was just saying no room to expand G&T since there is a gen ed in the building. My point (I was the poster above) was if A could move out, ps9 could expand the G&T [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:30 PM Flag
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Move out to where? There are simply no more school buildings with any space, anywhere. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 10:17 AM Flag
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The PS 9 catchment is very small. I don't think the majority of PS 9 is gen ed. The gen ed classes are smaller than the GT classes. Some grades have 2 GT and 1 gen ed and some grades have 2 gen eds and 1 GT. I think it's roughly equal. You could make the argument that given the huge demand for PS 9 GT and successful GTs in general, making PS 9 a GT school, or 2/3: 1/3 would make sense. The gen ed kids could go to 87 - they could rezone, even. But don't worry - this wo'nt happen. Too politically sensitive. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 09:53 PM Flag
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87 already has SEVEN kindergartens and each one is above capacity--25 or 26 kids in each. No, you can't just send the 9 gen ed kids there. Gen ed kids shouldn't have to have even more overcrowded classrooms, and lose even more specialty rooms, just so a few more kids can squeeze into high-status popular g&t. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 09:45 AM Flag
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the ps9 g&t started at the same time, though [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.24.08, 06:36 AM Flag
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Don't count on it. Brady hates G&T. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:05 PM Flag
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it can't expand. the school cannot support more than 3 classes per grade and there seems to be a need for 2 gen ed classes. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:36 PM Flag
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There are plenty of other G&T programs in D3. It's just that no (white) family wants to go to them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:00 PM Flag
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ITA! I toured ALL the g&ts, and many are really nice--like 145--but God forbid any of these lily-white princes & princesses sully their hands there. Instead, it's better to squeeze up those slow peons in gen ed, to make more room at the whitest, highest-status g&ts. Is this about the best education for everyone, or bragging rights and homogeniety? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 09:51 AM Flag
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There are 6 schools with G&T programs in D3. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:02 PM Flag
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But only 2 that will allow the parents recognition, status, and near-constant bragging rights. And that's what it's all about, no? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 10:07 AM Flag
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First step should be openeing a G&T citywide school in each of the other 4 boroughs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:03 PM Flag
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Or make the citywides into district schools and open more district programs [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:07 PM Flag
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What would that help? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:09 PM Flag
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Everybody should get the chance to go out of district--even if it is a very, very slight chance. We can't all live in $$ neighborhoods. Signed, mom in a very crummy district. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:38 PM Flag
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