The parents who mailed in all those applications believe that the new Wayne school will have a more motivated staff than
most city schools (300 teachers applied for 14
jobs), that it will benefit from its association with the university, that it will be a magnet for philanthropy (before
opening it had
attracted $ 575,000 in corporate donations), that it will be smaller (city middle schools have 600 to 1,000 students) and have smaller classes (25 students versus 35 for city middle schools), and that it will demand more from their children.