My office is located in a school district operating under this system. My understanding from my staff with children - each school has thier own group. So, as your child moves up to the next building, you start again with a new set of rules, people, etc. It also becomes an issue when you have more than one child. One person in my office has four children - all in different buildings. She is forever being asked by the different groups for different things. Even open house is a scheduling nightmare! There is a main office, which is located downtown, away from the actual school buildings.
My children are in a different district, thankfully.
We are Pre-K through 8 with only 1 classroom per grade.(23 kids makes up our largest class)
Yikes! I can't even imagine that~forget the parents~it must be really hard on the kids to always be on the verge of a new school. How do you create any sense of community?
Didnt that just get ruled unconstitutional somewhre recently?
CA has a similar in some part but they're defined as Magnet schools- too large an area to do the whole plan.....
I dont see how would you be able to set up PTA as an umbrella to what 6 schools? (each would have a board that reports to a main district board?)
Maybe PTA's at each school and a rotating main board to discuss overall planning and coordination... I'd be hitting up your District, Council and State PTA for advice and help ASAP, too
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"Princeton Plan" is one of those terms that if you are in it, you know it. The schools in the district are organized by grade rather than by neighborhood. We have 12 classes in most grades. These could easily be split up into 3 or even 4 neighborhood schools k-6. Instead, all 12 kindergarten classes are on one campus; all twelve 1st grade classes are on another campus across town, 2nd and 3rd grade are on another campus, 4-6 are on another campus. The original purpose, in the 60's, was to integrate different economic groups of the district rather than have an uneven distribution of resources. The plan originated in Princeton, NJ, thus the name. It presents unique challenges to our k-6 PTA. Unlike the regular k-6 PTA where you see the kids in one school during that whole period, here parents no sooner get used to one school and set of administrators than they move on to another. That is why I am seeking out others that are organized this way.