Wishing this was easier - discovery/williamsburg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should also ask on MONA (Mothers of North Arlington).

You cannot ask anything there without paying their subscription fee, and who wants that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Williamsburg is a fine school with great teachers. It is well run. Principal is not warm and fuzzy. And he is rough on discipline. We know first hand. But I wouldn’t go out of my way to avoid it.

Could you elaborate on what rough on discipline means?

[Anonymous]

Kid suspended for very minor altercation (pushing). First offense. No mercy from admin.

[Anonymous]

I have a 7th grader at Williamsburg. I’ve actually heard the opposite. I have not heard anyone who has liked discovery (parents) and my kid told me that in 6th grade a teacher called out a kid and said are you from discovery after she got an answer wrong. He said all of the discovery kids are behind.
I’ve been pretty happy with WMS though my child said the new assistant principal is not good.

[Anonymous]

We had a MUCH better experience at Williamsburg and we did it at Discovery!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should also ask on MONA (Mothers of North Arlington).

You cannot ask anything there without paying their subscription fee, and who wants that?

Don’t bother with mona it’s mostly moms of you get kids. Ask here. We are here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid suspended for very minor altercation (pushing). First offense. No mercy from admin.

Well, when it was a girl, he pushed…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should also ask on MONA (Mothers of North Arlington).

You cannot ask anything there without paying their subscription fee, and who wants that?

Suit yourself. It’s a fabulous resource.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have a kid who will be at Williamsburg soon? Things can change a lot in a couple years

Current 8th grade class is supposedly full of mean girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kid suspended for very minor altercation (pushing). First offense. No mercy from admin.

Well, when it was a girl, he pushed…

I have zero issues with this. Good, I’m glad he was suspended and I’m glad the kid caught vaping in the bathroom was suspended. Too bad the others with him didn’t get caught too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a MUCH better experience at Williamsburg and we did it at Discovery!!

Did “we”?

Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have a kid who will be at Williamsburg soon? Things can change a lot in a couple years

Current 8th grade class is supposedly full of mean girls.

Yes. Last year I was told by the administration that they had never encountered a group of girls like that, and they were dreading what their eighth grade year would be like. Hoping the lot of them go to Visi.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have a kid who will be at Williamsburg soon? Things can change a lot in a couple years

we are moving in the summer for grade 6 and grade 4 starts.

This is very hard. To be honest, there are only 4 main schools that go to WMS. Most of the kids have been together since K. My one gripe with WMS is that they have done absolutely zero for community building and trying to get kids to branch out. Even in 7th grade the kids still sit with their elementary school classmates at lunch. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of friend making among the different elem schools. I would honestly be very worried about the 6th grader making new friends. Are they outgoing? Willing to join teams or clubs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a MUCH better experience at Williamsburg and we did it at Discovery!!

Did “we”?

Wow.

As a parent you don’t have an experience interacting with teachers and administrators ? Wow yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a MUCH better experience at Williamsburg and we did it at Discovery!!

Did “we”?

Wow.

As a parent you don’t have an experience interacting with teachers and administrators ? Wow yourself.

I have never interacted with a teacher or admin at WMS aside from signing my kid out early or calling to say they are sick.