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[Anonymous]

MV addresses bullying/harassment by having a dedicated person to whom you can report any issues.

[Anonymous]

bullying/harassment and disruptive children are a fact at a majority of schools. It has been that way for a long time. How a school responds to them is key in determining whether it becomes a major problem or not. I would urge MV to adopt a strict policy on these matters.

[Anonymous]

Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

Do they have to be bilingual?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

Do they have to be bilingual?

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

I thought the MV afterschool program was supposed to be amazing, worth the high cost (~$400/mo, twice what many other schools charge). Is it not so great after all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

I think you may be referring to the fact that they did accept applications for grades 3 and 4 this year. I could be wrong, but I believe they ended up deciding not to accept any students in those grades after all. If others have more info, please correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

I think you may be referring to the fact that they did accept applications for grades 3 and 4 this year. I could be wrong, but I believe they ended up deciding not to accept any students in those grades after all. If others have more info, please correct.

I hadn't heard anything - they won't have a 4th grade class because the oldest class is 2nd right now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

I think you may be referring to the fact that they did accept applications for grades 3 and 4 this year. I could be wrong, but I believe they ended up deciding not to accept any students in those grades after all. If others have more info, please correct.

There will be at least 1 new kid in the 3rd grade. I

[Anonymous]

Any concern that a larger school anticipated 2014-2015 school year will exacerbate the problems?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

I think you may be referring to the fact that they did accept applications for grades 3 and 4 this year. I could be wrong, but I believe they ended up deciding not to accept any students in those grades after all. If others have more info, please correct.

There will be at least 1 new kid in the 3rd grade. I

How is that going to work with the bilingual aspect? It's hard to jump into a classroom where you don't speak the language - 50% of their time is in Spanish and 50% in English

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:6:22 - Um, she was a terrible assistant principal at Deal. Teachers hated her.

Hey negative nancy: the principal of DCI (formerly of Deal) is a man. People loved him. See Jeff's posts about him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest thoughts - As a current MV parent I'd echo the comments on behavior, and this is particularly prevalent in the after school program. When I asked, I was told that teachers each have their own level of tolerance for chaos (they of course called it 'noise' - I am coining it chaos) and they are ok with that. I didn't love that answer but we're sticking with it as my child is succeeding, learning a lot and enjoys school and friends there. I think we will see how things progress and the kids get older.

We love many things about the school and feel good having our child there. We didn't 'choose' out of a lack of choice.

I believe they stop admitting after 2nd grade, so if the 'good' kids stick around and MV gets things under control we'll stay - if not we'll probably pack up and head out.

Actually MV accepts kids beyond 2nd grade.

I think you may be referring to the fact that they did accept applications for grades 3 and 4 this year. I could be wrong, but I believe they ended up deciding not to accept any students in those grades after all. If others have more info, please correct.

There will be at least 1 new kid in the 3rd grade. I

How is that going to work with the bilingual aspect? It's hard to jump into a classroom where you don't speak the language - 50% of their time is in Spanish and 50% in English

In some cases it depends on the child (and maybe extra support). I know of a few children that started their 2nd language in 3rd and 4th grade. They are doing great and are on target.

[Anonymous]

I think one of the problems may have been the large influx of non-bilingual kids in the higher grades. I think that the school is trying to prevent a recurrence of this issue by concentrating the growth in the lower grades. That is not to say that no kids will be admitted in higher grades, as that isn't financially feasible at this point, but whole new classes will not be added in those grades. I believe they found that integrating too many new children in these years was hard, as the new kids tend to group together and not immerse as well. The hope is that the same dynamic would not occur if there were just a few new students in these grades.