Stanton Saved!!! Open house, May 24th

[dr_gingivitis]

So for any of you who were following the saga of Stanton Elementary School, we all got good news last Thursday night as the School Reform Commission unanimously decided to not even hold the vote on Stanton, making several quotes about how they would do no harm to high performing schools.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in anyway to save this community asset. There was an amazing core of parents, students, teachers, staff, and community at every meeting, and I was amazed to witness the passion for this school, which was at all times conducted in such a professional manor. There was an even larger group of people who wrote letters of support, hung signs in their windows, or signed petitions, so thanks to everyone, this has been an amazing example of a diverse community coming together for the good of the neighborhood.

With all this good news, Stanton is expecting a sudden bump in interest, both from the catchment and outside. If you live in the neighborhood and have kids, you should definitely come check out the school. It ranks slightly better to our more popular neighbor to the North, Greenfield, and just below the gold standards for Philadelphia Public Schools, Meredith and McCall.

If you're looking for a great school for your kids next year or beyond I urge you to come out to their open house on May 24th (I still have to get the time), or to drop me an email and I can put you in touch with some of the involved parents.

We’re also about to embark on some major fundraising efforts, so anyone who is interested in helping with that should shoot me an email.

Mark
markscot@yahoo.com

[macdaire]

Great job guys. It is also reassuring that there are voices of reasons within the SRC.

[Teddy215]

Was very excited to hear this news, and am looking forward to the open house. Congrats to everyone who worked to keep it open - the neighborhood thanks you.

[dr_gingivitis]

Great job guys. It is also reassuring that there are voices of reasons within the SRC.

Of course it's easier to say this considering they made the right decision, but through the whole process I think everyone actaully got the feeling they were listening, and while many nay-sayers kept saying their minds were already made up, I don't think they were. Having been part of a govt agency who held a lot of public meetings to justify decisions that were already made, this process just felt different, like it was real.

It's encouraging. The school district has some huge hurdles to overcome, but it actually feels like everyone may have learned something from this process. Hopefully we're on the dawn of a new day at the district, of course I'm sure there are parents at the other 8 schools who do not feel the same way.