Auburn School (Fairfax)

[Anonymous]

There are lots of special ed teachers who often say to each other, "If only we could open our own school and run it to meet the needs of the students." Too bad we are not related to millionaires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't find tuition information on their website? Does anyone have tuition for elementary school? Would this school be a good fit with a child with anxiety and slow processing speed?

You could also try the McLean School or Commonwealth Academy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so sad! We had a wonderful few years at Auburn and DS was able to move on at middle school.

Did Capital Schools sell it to a different group? I hope they can re-open when the rest of the world does.

Assume we know each other, then.

Ms. E, both Ms. Vs, half the middle school teachers, HOS, Mr. & Ms. G. - all gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Question on tuition - is it based on $37,000 academic year DL monthly and then $42,000 basis monthly if in-school? The way written sounds like a monthly amount.

The amounts are annual - so, if the whole school year stays virtual then it's $37K all-told. If they go back in person, the in-person time would be pro-rated to the $42K rate based on how much in-person time there is. And the $37K is a further discount from the initial 5% discount for DL that parents were offered, plus the $42K represents a rollback of a tuition increase. Still not enough to make up for the massive staff loss and the poor communication with parents at the end of this school year.

And it is a damn shame because Auburn had a good model and some really good people that served a very hard-to-serve population. Looks like Catapult is not looking to go the "quality" route.

[Anonymous]

Its obvious everyone quit, look how many teachers they are trying to hire (AND LOOK AT HOW LITTLE THEY WANT TO PAY)

Who the heck is going to find qualified special ed teachers in August?

The head of the school also left.

(What is "fullbloom"?)

Job ads for director of admissions, head of school, art teacher , curriculum specialist, middle school teachers (2-4! in august!), upper school teacher, "middle and high school teacher", aides, elementary classroom teachers, special ed middle and high school math and science teacher (LOL), and a speech pathologist. These are all just openings in the Fairfax school. Tons of open jobs in Silver Spring too.

The school is not that big! Is there anyone left? How are they starting the school year with no teachers?

All the teacher job ads are paying $40-$55k. Did Auburn pay so poorly? That seems low.

[Anonymous]

I saw the job ads too, a teacher certificate is optional?

they are also looking for a BCBA supervisor for Fairfax.

For some reason the Silver Spring jobs pay more than the Fairfax ones.

(Aside, also saw a job posting from Accotink Academy wanting to pay an elementary teacher $17 an hour!! What on earth. The school systems pay them hundreds of dollars per day per child. )

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so sad! We had a wonderful few years at Auburn and DS was able to move on at middle school.

Did Capital Schools sell it to a different group? I hope they can re-open when the rest of the world does.

Assume we know each other, then.

Ms. E, both Ms. Vs, half the middle school teachers, HOS, Mr. & Ms. G. - all gone.

looks like they need to update their website because all those people are still listed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Question on tuition - is it based on $37,000 academic year DL monthly and then $42,000 basis monthly if in-school? The way written sounds like a monthly amount.

The amounts are annual - so, if the whole school year stays virtual then it's $37K all-told. If they go back in person, the in-person time would be pro-rated to the $42K rate based on how much in-person time there is. And the $37K is a further discount from the initial 5% discount for DL that parents were offered, plus the $42K represents a rollback of a tuition increase. Still not enough to make up for the massive staff loss and the poor communication with parents at the end of this school year.

And it is a damn shame because Auburn had a good model and some really good people that served a very hard-to-serve population. Looks like Catapult is not looking to go the "quality" route.

Its for-profit. Have you ever been in one of the High Road schools?

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how the teacher pay is so low when the school systems pay so much for the kids to attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was suggested as a possible school placement. We can't actually tour the buildiing or meet in person which makes things difficult.

Does anyone have any experience there? How was the virtual learning in the spring? What are the fall plans? How many middle and high school age students are there?

Thanks for any info-

OP, has your school system said anything to you about changes at the school?

[Anonymous]

I recently spoke with a current parent and it sounds like Auburn is doing DL and combining all of their resources of Maryland and VA school for this year. Hopefully that will at least give them some time to sort things out in VA.

[Anonymous]

Not sure how that will work out unless they lost as many students as teachers. Sounds like it’s DL all year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how the teacher pay is so low when the school systems pay so much for the kids to attend.

How much do the public schools pay for placement at a SN school? How do you find this out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how the teacher pay is so low when the school systems pay so much for the kids to attend.

How much do the public schools pay for placement at a SN school? How do you find this out?

At a school like Auburn they would have to get special approval because they don’t usually contract with them. They would pay Auburn’s list price. With the schools they normally contract with (for example, Phillips, Kellar School, Frost), they have a contract with each school specifying the daily rate. Most schools are in the $200-300/day range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how the teacher pay is so low when the school systems pay so much for the kids to attend.

Average private school teacher salary is around $30,000 a year. I think they have to pay less than public school because the class size is much smaller.