tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post5936784251907231482..comments2023-07-05T00:35:34.395-07:00Comments on From Stage Dives to Station Wagons: Choices, choices, choices.followthatdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073521142861511678noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-62090774607410531762009-03-21T00:10:00.000-07:002009-03-21T00:10:00.000-07:00Wow, in our neck of the woods we are assigned to o...Wow, in our neck of the woods we are assigned to our closest school. In the case that the school is full, the kids get bussed off to the next closest school. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but for the most part you have to live on a particular street to go to a particular school. <BR/><BR/>I can't imagine the headache that searching out a school would cause me, but I hope you are having luck in finding the right school for the big dog.Mrs. Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935401160311581978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-78553781607523034772009-03-07T10:24:00.000-08:002009-03-07T10:24:00.000-08:00Look if you can't share and get along with others ...Look if you can't share and get along with others and consequently have to re-do kindergarten, then just do it and get it done with now. It won't help any to wait until you're an 85 year old beating other residents in the nursing home because you think they've stolen your false teeth or taken the last Scrabble tile.Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931380770342598889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-91663854527616510392009-02-28T11:04:00.000-08:002009-02-28T11:04:00.000-08:00The Seattle Public Schools are going to move to a ...The Seattle Public Schools are going to move to a new school assignment system next year, but this is what we're stuck with. I'm not sure if the new system will be better or worse. I wish they'd focus on making the schools that are less desirable into better schools, but that seems not to be happening.<BR/>Our neighborhood school has a new principal and is supposed to be getting better but it isn't there yet. <BR/>The school closure list is not hitting our cluster so much because they are dealing with overcrowding in our cluster. While I understand the budget issues, it seems like closing schools when there is higher demand than ever is probably the wrong way to go about fixing things.followthatdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073521142861511678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-64449897635146189092009-02-28T10:44:00.000-08:002009-02-28T10:44:00.000-08:001) I am shocked that your neighborhood school suck...1) I am shocked that your neighborhood school sucks;<BR/>2) I am surprised it is not on the closure list since it sucks.<BR/><BR/>I feel bad that the Seattle school system is in such sad shape they have to use that open-registration lottery system.mamikazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755373799677928934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-68778944589279808502009-02-27T22:15:00.000-08:002009-02-27T22:15:00.000-08:00Seattle's system is better than SF's because it do...Seattle's system is better than SF's because it does give you a reference school that you are pretty much guaranteed to get into if you don't do anything, it also puts a high value on neighborhood schools, so the distance from your house to the school is one of the tie break deciders. That said, our reference school sucks. Luckily there are some pretty good schools just a bit farther away, but not too far.followthatdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073521142861511678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-6723338847018095482009-02-27T14:52:00.000-08:002009-02-27T14:52:00.000-08:00many parents here are actually pushing for the 're...many parents here are actually pushing for the 'reference school' option here in SF. At the moment you can apply to any 7 schools anywhere in the city, and usually get assigned (based on extremely complex lottery system)to a completely different one miles away (and there is no bussing here). They are trying always to balance social backgound etc, but the formula doesn't take into account the fact that many parents opt out of the public system if they don't get one of their 7 choices.<BR/>The idea being that if a local school is available as a default it might encourage more community involvment in a school. We have this committed bunch of parents of younger kids who are working to improve the 2 elementary schools local to us, but they have no guaruntee that they will get their kids into the school when the time comes. It is so difficult to develop a fair school assignment system. Best of luck.geekymummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529149669501249892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-82401888605053897742009-02-27T13:46:00.000-08:002009-02-27T13:46:00.000-08:00Hey don't mock the 4:05 after business hours! Rem...Hey don't mock the 4:05 after business hours! Remember what time they start (whimpers the non morning person who has to wake up a 5:45 to get to school on time)<BR/><BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682464829469372477.post-61980622892851843642009-02-27T09:04:00.000-08:002009-02-27T09:04:00.000-08:00Yuck. What a mess. Sorry that your 'reference' s...Yuck. What a mess. Sorry that your 'reference' school stinks... we don't have that type of selection process here in Stepford and that's how I ended up in this suburban hell-hole. I have to live in this snake pit to get them into a good school. I guess I'll be glad when their education pays off and they can spring for the cost of Mommy's institutionalization. . .Stepford Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237011275659807720noreply@blogger.com