Crystallovesbostons
Posts:70
 | | 10/05/2007 10:58 PM |
 Alert | We are moving to Senita III he is in 2nd grade. I am weighing my options on what school for him to go to.. I know there is a charter school I am looking at that, then the local maricopa school ( which ever one he would be going to) and then the Kyrene school... ( does kyrene bus to maricopa? ) also what are the school hours? is there a uniform? Thanks in advance! I would love to get diffrent prespectives for people.. my son is also ADHD so might be looking at a 504 plan for him too..
Thanks in advanced!
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cactus flower
Posts:210
| | 10/06/2007 9:26 AM |
Alert | | Living in Senita, he would attend Santa Cruz this school year. There is a uniform policy-basic colors for pants and collared shirts. School runs from 7:30-2:30. Electives are 2 PE classes, music, computers, and library each week. A very good staff of teachers work there. The administrators are great along with the front office staff. Make an appointment to set up a visit to see for yourself. | | | |
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heat sprite
Posts:334
| | 10/06/2007 12:02 PM |
Alert | Also, they are currently building a new elementary on Honeycutt in VRED across from Senita I that will be the new elementary next year.
I am very happy with my son's class at Santa Cruz and find the school very involved with him and his learning. I also like the afterschool program at that campus (my son loves it). | |
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justcurious
Posts:75
| | 10/06/2007 12:30 PM |
Alert | | If you're considering Kyrene, think again if your son needs any special accomodations. I'm pretty sure they won't accept out of boundary students with special needs. It's legal and all related to $$money$$. | | | |
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Sp.ed.Tchr
Posts:142
| | 10/06/2007 1:08 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By justcurious on 10/06/2007 12:30 PM
If you're considering Kyrene, think again if your son needs any special accomodations. I'm pretty sure they won't accept out of boundary students with special needs. It's legal and all related to $$money$$.</div>
It's not that they "won't" accept out of boundary students with special needs. It's that there is a formula for capacity that they use. If a district fills a special needs classroom with all out of district students and 10 new students enroll that are NOT out of boundary students, then a new teacher would need to be hired, space for the class found, materials purchased, etc.
So basically they say school ABC can have x number of students per resource teacher (in my school it is 16). When they reach a percentage of that number (like 75% I believe, so our max is 12), they no longer accept out of boundary resource students so that they have space for the students that live within their boundaries.
I believe it is also possible to get on a waiting list so that when a spot opens, they will contact you.
This is also true for NON-special needs students. If the capacity of first grade at school ABC is 100, as soon as they reach that magic percentage (higher than 75% I think) of capacity, they close that grade level for open enrollment. | | | |
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Sp.ed.Tchr
Posts:142
| | 10/06/2007 1:10 PM |
Alert | | Also, it is possible that the resource class could be open, but the grade level is closed and so they wouldn't be accepted because of that. | | | |
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lazydoubleA
Posts:102
| | 10/06/2007 1:17 PM |
Alert | | They are also opening a new school in Glenwilde so Senita may possibly go there? I am not sure of the boundaries though. | | | |
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Crystallovesbostons
Posts:70
| | 10/06/2007 2:14 PM |
Alert | Thank you! Right now he is not on a plan, I am fighting tooth and nail w/ scottsdale school district and since we are moving i gave up on the school. If I did not have to work my child would be doing a virtual school or home school. But we all gotta work to pay our bills I am very excited to hear good things about santa cruz I have heard alot of bad, and its great to her other opionions! | | | |
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wildcats
Posts:33
| | 10/06/2007 8:09 PM |
Alert | | I've heard good things about Santa Cruz, Kyrene Schools, and Legacy (new charter school) as well. I would certainly way which school has the best program/resources already in place that would best accomodate your son's needs. | | | |
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Wardog89
Posts:39
| | 10/07/2007 3:48 PM |
Alert | | We moved here Dec 06 and our kids went to Santa Cruz, we took our 3rd grader out after 2months, bad cirriculum, teachers with bad attitudes, large # of kids in classroom etc. Both of my kids now go to Legacy and it is great. They do have uniforms which are listed on their website legacytraditional.org | | | |
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