SELA teacher exodus
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Anonymous
You all should contact the charter school board directly, and pronto. They don't close in the summer. |
Anonymous
| +1 |
Anonymous
| There Facebook page says summer hours are from 8:30am to 12:30 pm. |
Anonymous
| That explains it . |
Anonymous
| That doesn't explain crap. Why is a VERY struggling school only open for 4 hours per day? They should be very busy going after grants, hiring, marketing, etc. |
Anonymous
Someone up thread said they went during these hours and said no one was there. |
Anonymous
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That was me. On more than one occasion we went during the posted school hours with the place locked up tight and no one answering the door or phone. The last time I was there I was with a parent who had the enrollment paperwork and she turned around and said she was done with Sela and going elsewhere.
I agree. With the struggles that are not DCUM rumor and are well documented elsewhere they should be open all day everyday with open houses, tours, and summer activities. Not posting "see you in August" on Facebook. My question is: see WHO in August? The few families willing to put up with a school that keeps everyone in the dark? Question: other than a schedule posted on the schools website, has any enrolled parent been notified that the entire instructional model for the school day has been totally changed? I still haven't been notified and I sure as heck don't appreciate finding out by clicking around on the website. It's a shame. As of Friday I am now added to the "former Sela parent" category but they won't be informed until my child doesn't show up on the first day. They can find out in the same way I find out about upcoming changes at the school. |
Anonymous
| PP have you notified the charter board of your experience and concerns? They need to know taxpayer money is going to waste. |
Anonymous
| What curriculum changes. Looking on the website now. |
Anonymous
| Check the "typical day" and student schedule for 2015-2016. Notice something very different about the two? The "typical day" is what they've been doing from the first day. The student schedules for 2015-2016 show the unannounced (and quite dramatic) changes. So much for being an immersion school. |
Anonymous
| where did you find the dramatic changes for the 2015-2016 school year? can't see anything about this on the website.... |
Anonymous
| When we toured they told us that they are changing models to 1/2 day Hebrew, 1/2 day English as this was a better model for language learning. We are a prek3 family and feel like the wool was pulled over our eyes. Id be willing to write the charter board but we had a different experience. The staff and HOS was VERY responsive and timely with getting back to us. We felt this was a good choice (at least for a year) since we had no other options. This is so stressful as a new family but think we will go elsewhere if we can. Not sure where this late in the game... |
Anonymous
This is awful! Unfortunately, in many of the DC public schools you will not see a principal in the building until August. Some (like Sela obviously) tend to think they can vacation like the teachers do. NO! You need to be preparing for the upcoming year. This is why so many of DC schools are such disorganized, dysfunctional affairs. |
Anonymous
| Went next door to inquire about the Montessori program for our preschooler. The ED and teachers were in the school! Excellent discussion with the ED, even though I was unannounced and had no appointment. |
Anonymous
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Yes we are WL in the 100s for Shining Stars.
That is awful that so many admin aren't in the building during the summers. Admin in MCPS are working all summer despite teachers being out of the buildings. |