Comments on: CSD Enrollment Growth Occurring at Almost All Grade Levels http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/08/03/csd-enrollment-growth-occurring-at-almost-all-grade-levels/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/08/03/csd-enrollment-growth-occurring-at-almost-all-grade-levels/#comment-131318 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:05:03 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-131318 Thanks, great background! I haven’t ever heard the story of the 50%. I’ll ask around about whether it can be raised higher.

]]> By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/08/03/csd-enrollment-growth-occurring-at-almost-all-grade-levels/#comment-131307 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:27:27 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-131307 Um, because Bradley was stating it as an indicator of his/her tolerance level with the current class sizes? Doesn’t seem like rubbing it in to me.

That’s like saying someone is “rubbing it in” when they ask where to get their BMW serviced.

]]> By: Naaman Gibbets http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/08/03/csd-enrollment-growth-occurring-at-almost-all-grade-levels/#comment-131266 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:17:11 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-131266 Karass, I wasn’t joking.

]]> By: Naaman Gibbets http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/08/03/csd-enrollment-growth-occurring-at-almost-all-grade-levels/#comment-131265 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:07:56 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-131265 You don’t need my permission–why announce it?If your kid was in my kid’s class then there’d be 27. Just go, don’t rub it in that you can afford private school over an outstanding public system–just go.

]]> By: Karass http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/08/03/csd-enrollment-growth-occurring-at-almost-all-grade-levels/#comment-131263 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:58:26 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-131263 There’s many good reasons to choose private school, including that it’s just a better fit. I know you are being sarcastic, but still, don’t ever let a “love it or leave it” comment sway you even a little bit one way or another. Consider that:
– The first weeks of a new school may not be indicative of the whole year. Watch class size and any other issues you have carefully to see if they persist or are just growing pains.
– If your child is already at Fifth Avenue, you only have a year or two more before middle school. The classroom size dynamic is completely different at Renfroe because every child has a completely different schedule.
– Many families have left at the 4/5 level in recent years, for a whole variety of reasons and for a whole variety of private schools, and then returned in middle or high school. You can always return. Even folks who have had to take legal action to advocate for their children have been able to come back successfully at another time and/or with another child. The main relationship that counts for your child is the one they have with their teacher(s).
– CSD needs your feedback no matter what you choose to do. A school board election is coming up and you should ask about how each candidate would like to address class size or any other issue you have. If you leave, be sure and give an exit interview and/or send an exit letter; copy your School Leadership Team, the Superintendent, and the School Board. If you stay, let your School Leadership Team know of your concerns. I doubt you are the only one with any particular concern and, if multiple folks from multiple corners of CSD chime in, it’s more likely that the issue will become a higher priority for resolution.
– As someone recently posted, the personas that people assume on this and other blogs are often not representative of the nice people they are in real life. Make any decision about CSD based on the real life relationships and observations that your family has, not on what people joke about on a blog.

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