Hi all,
Our older kid is going into K next year. We are zoned for PS6 and have an offer to PS33 G&T. I'm trying to think about the value of having a 5-10 minute walk to school (not to mention a school that is, according to most folks, a very good school with an incredible fundraising machine attached to it, involved parents, motivated kids, no potential G&T/gen-ed rift, the ability to have 92Y after school pick her up directly from PS6, etc.) vs. a 45-60 minute bus ride (each way) to a (again, according to most folks) strong G&T program -- i.e. having her surrounded "only" by G&T peers -- with excellent exmissions, probably better than PS6's at the margins. That's judging based on public school exmissions -- based on what the PS33 Open House shared and what can be found on the DOE website for the top 5 middle schools that PS6 feeds, that's my understanding thus far. Candidly, I haven't gotten much information on private exmissions for either program yet. (I don't know if our goal is public or private middle/high school. I think we just want to maximize optionality at this point, who knows what school will be the best place for her later on yet?) It seems to me that both PS6 and PS33 G&T are successful because of very involved parents. I've been told that my kid will be happy at PS6 and thrive there by educators who know her well. I don't know that a single kid from her preschool has ever gone to PS33 G&T. So we're just sort of flying a bit blind here.
Which leads me to: I'd love to hear from anyone who made the decision (either way) between these two programs -- what motivated the choice and how has the decision played out for your kid(s)/family? If you are willing to have a conversation offline, even better.
Also, my understanding is that if we register for PS33 G&T then our PS6 registration gets blown away and is then likely filled by someone on the PS6 K waitlist -- so if PS33 G&T turns out to be something besides what we hope it to be during K... then there's unlikely to be a path back to PS6 until 1st grade. But this isn't yet confirmed with DOE directly. Would love to know if anyone has knowledge/experience with this sort of situation and how it plays out.
Thanks and good luck to all parents making their G&T decisions now.
Our older kid is going into K next year. We are zoned for PS6 and have an offer to PS33 G&T. I'm trying to think about the value of having a 5-10 minute walk to school (not to mention a school that is, according to most folks, a very good school with an incredible fundraising machine attached to it, involved parents, motivated kids, no potential G&T/gen-ed rift, the ability to have 92Y after school pick her up directly from PS6, etc.) vs. a 45-60 minute bus ride (each way) to a (again, according to most folks) strong G&T program -- i.e. having her surrounded "only" by G&T peers -- with excellent exmissions, probably better than PS6's at the margins. That's judging based on public school exmissions -- based on what the PS33 Open House shared and what can be found on the DOE website for the top 5 middle schools that PS6 feeds, that's my understanding thus far. Candidly, I haven't gotten much information on private exmissions for either program yet. (I don't know if our goal is public or private middle/high school. I think we just want to maximize optionality at this point, who knows what school will be the best place for her later on yet?) It seems to me that both PS6 and PS33 G&T are successful because of very involved parents. I've been told that my kid will be happy at PS6 and thrive there by educators who know her well. I don't know that a single kid from her preschool has ever gone to PS33 G&T. So we're just sort of flying a bit blind here.
Which leads me to: I'd love to hear from anyone who made the decision (either way) between these two programs -- what motivated the choice and how has the decision played out for your kid(s)/family? If you are willing to have a conversation offline, even better.
Also, my understanding is that if we register for PS33 G&T then our PS6 registration gets blown away and is then likely filled by someone on the PS6 K waitlist -- so if PS33 G&T turns out to be something besides what we hope it to be during K... then there's unlikely to be a path back to PS6 until 1st grade. But this isn't yet confirmed with DOE directly. Would love to know if anyone has knowledge/experience with this sort of situation and how it plays out.
Thanks and good luck to all parents making their G&T decisions now.