http://scooptoo.com/posts/will-stapleton-residents-get-their-answers.html Two Moms Giving You The Scoop on an Elementary School Quest Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://scooptoo.com/posts/will-stapleton-residents-get-their-answers.html/comment-page-1#comment-27 Laura Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:12:19 +0000 http://scooptoo.com/?p=406#comment-27 For the short-term solution, I think DPS should seriously consider a year-round multi-track system. We are going to be over capacity by 160 kids in the Fall of 2010 and even if we start building a new school now (which isn't going to happen), it is reported to take 18 months. The multi-track system is successfully implemented in Cherry Creek and Douglas Counties for overcrowded neighborhoods. This is very popular with both parents and teachers in those communities and it could keep all Stapleton kids in a neighborhood school which is overwhelmingly desired according to the survey. Depending on how it is organized, it can increase capacity by 25-33% in our current school buildings (Bill Roberts and Westerly Creek) and is argued to be more effective for learning with the shorter more frequent vacation breaks. DPS should consult with administrators in Cherry Creek and Douglas County on this system!!!! For the short-term solution, I think DPS should seriously consider a year-round multi-track system. We are going to be over capacity by 160 kids in the Fall of 2010 and even if we start building a new school now (which isn’t going to happen), it is reported to take 18 months. The multi-track system is successfully implemented in Cherry Creek and Douglas Counties for overcrowded neighborhoods. This is very popular with both parents and teachers in those communities and it could keep all Stapleton kids in a neighborhood school which is overwhelmingly desired according to the survey. Depending on how it is organized, it can increase capacity by 25-33% in our current school buildings (Bill Roberts and Westerly Creek) and is argued to be more effective for learning with the shorter more frequent vacation breaks. DPS should consult with administrators in Cherry Creek and Douglas County on this system!!!!

]]> http://scooptoo.com/posts/will-stapleton-residents-get-their-answers.html/comment-page-1#comment-28 Liz Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:58:34 +0000 http://scooptoo.com/?p=406#comment-28 This has made me look outside of the traditional elementary school and into charter and private schools, which I otherwise would not have. Maybe the days of traditional/testing schools are over, and a new era of education is starting. I think we're lucky to have the choice. My in-laws live in Syracuse NY, with one of the "best" school systems in the country. They pay upwards of $10,000 per year in property taxes, and they don't have the kinds of choices we do. No language immersion, no Chinese, no science&technology schools... I haven't begun looking into the charters (my kid's only 3) -- maybe you guys can start highlighting the options! : ) This has made me look outside of the traditional elementary school and into charter and private schools, which I otherwise would not have. Maybe the days of traditional/testing schools are over, and a new era of education is starting. I think we’re lucky to have the choice. My in-laws live in Syracuse NY, with one of the “best” school systems in the country. They pay upwards of $10,000 per year in property taxes, and they don’t have the kinds of choices we do. No language immersion, no Chinese, no science&technology schools… I haven’t begun looking into the charters (my kid’s only 3) — maybe you guys can start highlighting the options! : )

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