By Jacqueline Edelberg
Tips to stroll to varsity is the tale of stimulated mom and dad galvanizing after which organizing a complete group to take a bounce of religion, reworking a challenged city college into one among Chicago's most sensible, almost in a single day. The destiny of public schooling isn't really past our keep an eye on. In how you can stroll to varsity, Susan Kurland, an entrepreneurial critical, and Jacqueline Edelberg, a local mother, supply a blueprint for reclaiming the nice public colleges our youngsters deserve.
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But a moment later, a large woman bounded around a corner and screamed at her to leave immediately. Jacqueline left in bewilderment. Perhaps one needed an appointment to visit the school? If so, scheduling one would be problematic. No one ever seemed to answer the phone. Intrigued by the mystery, she made it a point to call every day at various times for a week, at which point some kind soul finally answered, and Jacqueline made an appointment to meet the principal the very next morning. Jacqueline invited her Roscoe Park friend and neighbor Nicole Wagner, who had a eighteen-month-old daughter, to accompany her on the visit.
The principal waxed poetically about a little place in Italy where all the townspeople banded together to support a local school, spawning an educational philosophy called Reggio-Emilia. What if everyone in the Lakeview neighborhood showed up to teach their craft: the bakers, cobblers, Thai noodle makers, and so on? Nettelhorst could be amazing. The Roscoe Park parents didn’t necessarily need a utopian City on a Hill; they simply needed a normal public school, no grander than their own childhood elementary school.
Allowing themselves hope, they put the last of the items together for their Big List: Big List’s Headings • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Stellar academics Low teacher/student ratio Recess, physical education, sports Healthy, organic lunches Music, art, drama Foreign language Involved, passionate, dynamic teachers A safe, clean, and beautiful environment Parental involvement Extracurricular activities On-site, before- and after-school care Fun playground, landscaping Well-stocked, cozy library State-of-the-art technology DREAM A FUTURE: IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES • • • • • 27 A well-equipped science lab Fun traditions, like a spelling bee or a spirit week An open-minded administration and great leadership All-day kindergarten Nice kids The first two headings on the list were deal breakers.
