It IS interesting. Penn-Alexander School still links to the learning web site at my school which I co-authored with our tech teacher leader. I am the content person. Our school web site is one of the few in the district which hasn't been converted to a generic School District web site. There ARE other good public schools in Philadelphia, but parents do what they have to do.
From: Linda Lee <l...@verizon.net> Reply-To: Linda Lee <l...@verizon.net> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:27:48 -0500 To: UnivCity listserv <UnivCity@list.purple.com> Subject: [UC] fwd: "The kindergarten queue" (from Westphillylocal.com) This is interesting/crazy... LL The kindergarten queue <http://www.westphillylocal.com/2011/01/25/the-kindergarten-queue/> 25 January 2011 We¹re not sure whether to laugh or cry after this ABC6 story about parents braving frigid temps to get their kids into Penn Alexander¹s kindergarten, which is capped at 50 students. We¹re happy that such a school exists (full disclosure: we have a child there) and that parents care so much about their child¹s education, but we¹re sad that they are so scared of the alternatives that they feel they have to sleep outside on the coldest night of the year to get in. This kind of stand-in-line, first-come-first-serve enrollment system obviously isn¹t sustainable. Penn Alexander, which prides itself on small classes, is filling up quick in the lower grades as parents move to the neighborhood (some before they even have children) looking for the Holy Grail of a nice urban neighborhood and a good public school. see ABC local news video here: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7916203
