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hi my name is Abby I'm a

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parent of 2 children at bbms in East

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Harlem I'm very passionate about the school my

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children have um thrived here over the past few

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years since moving to the school um the

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thing that I like most about it I think is that it's a very warm community

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it's a small school so everybody kind of knows each other and

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I feel like all the staff the administration

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genuinely cares about my kids success and how

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they're doing they know them personally um and

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really love them and care about them I love

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the special education department and team has been

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invaluable in helping make sure that um

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1 of my children who has a special needs has been able to

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thrive I don't have to worry about his education at

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all I know that the school has it like under control um

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and he's doing amazing now because of that I

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also love the Dual language program that my

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able to learn and um 2 different languages and I feel like

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that's a life skill that they're going to be able to carry um through

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the rest of their lives and I'm so grateful for that and

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just for the way that the school Embraces my

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kids um their culture their Community

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everything