Follow up on Grant

I sent the following email to the principal at Grant Middle School the day of our visit. I didn't receive a response so I printed the email and sent it via snail mail. I still haven't received a response... It's June 20th today.

Dear Principal Martinez,

Sorry we missed you this morning but we did meet the Vice Principal and one of the special services teachers. They were both helpful in answering questions and showing us the school. I do have some further questions about Grant and was hoping you might be able to answer them for us when you get a chance.

What % of students from Grant go on to college prep programs that are offered at the DPS high schools? (such as honors at East, IB at GW, or the new college prep program at South)

Do you offer any foreign language classes?

What sort of electives are available for study during the day?

Is there after school programming that concentrates on keeping the students at the school until the dinner hour? How is that structured?

What is the plan for the HGT program?

It seemed that students had gym for part of the year but not all year long – is that correct? Can students elect to take gym all year?

Do the science classes do labwork?

What percentage of your students are HGT?

What percentage of your students are special ed?

It seemed that the schedule for the students required one double block of language arts while all other classes were a single block. What is the reasoning for the double block in one area?

We’ve heard good things about Grant from the Zarou family and know that many kids from McKinley Thatcher are attending or planning to attend Grant. Any help you can give me with the above questions would be great! Thanks for your time.

Thanks,
Amy