Asking for Advice - Rejection from Oyster-Adams Preschool

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps 18:48 meant "first things first" as in "first weed out any challenging kids"

Then "declare virctory as the highest scoring bilingual school in the city".

This is yet another reason we fled oyster- parents like PP.

- thankful our special needs child is getting help, not screaming teachers and judgmental parents.

Yup!

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

The thing is that there have been identical comments for more than 10 years on every single thread that mentions Oyster -- for many years they singled out the librarian as "yelling at kids", but more recently just the teachers in general, and even more recently "Lots of people say that teachers yell at kids." Nothing specific, nothing concrete, just "lots of people say teachers yell at kids." When I was an Oyster parent, I had lots of specific, concrete criticisms of the school (as all parents will with their kid's school), but this decade long campaign of word for word, generic insults rings very false to people whose kids actually attend the school.

Also, my student with an IEP had some bad experiences with teachers (mostly with older Spanish teachers who didn't seem to really believe that the relevant law applied to them and that the cure for ADHD was just convincing kids to sit still and be quiet), but we also had wonderful experiences (mostly with younger Spanish and English teachers whose understanding of teaching special needs kids was more current). About counseling out -- there no such thing as "counseling out" at a public school. That's a private school term. In one very specific circumstance, kids with extreme needs can be placed in a different school if the in boundary school doesn't have the resources to meet the need, but those circumstances are very, very uncommon - mostly because DCPS then has to foot the bill at a school like Lab, which they are very reluctant to do.

Ive seen the librarian scream at very young children with my own eyes. I reported this here after I read similar reports from other posters and a psycho immediately called me “the” oyster troll. It’s real, it has happened many times, and btw my neighbors confirmed that yelling is absolutely par for the course.

Maybe your kids are just lucky, but yes I’ve heard others report similar stories both in person and here, and I have seen it with my own eyes. Sorry but it is true.

Really? Where is the library in the Oyster building?

On the 4th floor, across from classrooms. The PP must have been staking the library out.

The question was actually directed at PP because I don't believe that she's ever really been in the Oyster building or seen anyone yelling at kids. Again, these posts have been happening on every single Oyster thread since at least 2009. A real parent or prospective parent might have issues with the school, but generic, identical complaints over the course of a decade don't pass the smell test.

No, the comments are pretty specific. You can label them what you want to discret them, but several people are posting this. Just because you have/had a different experience doesn’t mean these posters are lying.

Sorry, I'm just not buying it. No specifics, no details, and the newer claim (going on for only the last couple of years) that "multiple people are saying this." That claim even comes up sometimes in Oyster threads before anyone has pointed out that the Oyster Stalker has struck again. I think she forgets what thread she's on and trotts out her standard rebuttals before anyone has even busted her.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

The thing is that there have been identical comments for more than 10 years on every single thread that mentions Oyster -- for many years they singled out the librarian as "yelling at kids", but more recently just the teachers in general, and even more recently "Lots of people say that teachers yell at kids." Nothing specific, nothing concrete, just "lots of people say teachers yell at kids." When I was an Oyster parent, I had lots of specific, concrete criticisms of the school (as all parents will with their kid's school), but this decade long campaign of word for word, generic insults rings very false to people whose kids actually attend the school.

Also, my student with an IEP had some bad experiences with teachers (mostly with older Spanish teachers who didn't seem to really believe that the relevant law applied to them and that the cure for ADHD was just convincing kids to sit still and be quiet), but we also had wonderful experiences (mostly with younger Spanish and English teachers whose understanding of teaching special needs kids was more current). About counseling out -- there no such thing as "counseling out" at a public school. That's a private school term. In one very specific circumstance, kids with extreme needs can be placed in a different school if the in boundary school doesn't have the resources to meet the need, but those circumstances are very, very uncommon - mostly because DCPS then has to foot the bill at a school like Lab, which they are very reluctant to do.

Ive seen the librarian scream at very young children with my own eyes. I reported this here after I read similar reports from other posters and a psycho immediately called me “the” oyster troll. It’s real, it has happened many times, and btw my neighbors confirmed that yelling is absolutely par for the course.

Maybe your kids are just lucky, but yes I’ve heard others report similar stories both in person and here, and I have seen it with my own eyes. Sorry but it is true.

Really? Where is the library in the Oyster building?

On the 4th floor, across from classrooms. The PP must have been staking the library out.

The question was actually directed at PP because I don't believe that she's ever really been in the Oyster building or seen anyone yelling at kids. Again, these posts have been happening on every single Oyster thread since at least 2009. A real parent or prospective parent might have issues with the school, but generic, identical complaints over the course of a decade don't pass the smell test.

No, the comments are pretty specific. You can label them what you want to discret them, but several people are posting this. Just because you have/had a different experience doesn’t mean these posters are lying.

Who cares? I would take an OOB spot at Oyster in a heartbeat.

I wouldn’t, but I have high standards.

So, please tell all of us which DC public immersion school meets your high and exacting standards better than Oyster?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

Hi, O-A stalker!

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

The thing is that there have been identical comments for more than 10 years on every single thread that mentions Oyster -- for many years they singled out the librarian as "yelling at kids", but more recently just the teachers in general, and even more recently "Lots of people say that teachers yell at kids." Nothing specific, nothing concrete, just "lots of people say teachers yell at kids." When I was an Oyster parent, I had lots of specific, concrete criticisms of the school (as all parents will with their kid's school), but this decade long campaign of word for word, generic insults rings very false to people whose kids actually attend the school.

Also, my student with an IEP had some bad experiences with teachers (mostly with older Spanish teachers who didn't seem to really believe that the relevant law applied to them and that the cure for ADHD was just convincing kids to sit still and be quiet), but we also had wonderful experiences (mostly with younger Spanish and English teachers whose understanding of teaching special needs kids was more current). About counseling out -- there no such thing as "counseling out" at a public school. That's a private school term. In one very specific circumstance, kids with extreme needs can be placed in a different school if the in boundary school doesn't have the resources to meet the need, but those circumstances are very, very uncommon - mostly because DCPS then has to foot the bill at a school like Lab, which they are very reluctant to do.

Ive seen the librarian scream at very young children with my own eyes. I reported this here after I read similar reports from other posters and a psycho immediately called me “the” oyster troll. It’s real, it has happened many times, and btw my neighbors confirmed that yelling is absolutely par for the course.

Maybe your kids are just lucky, but yes I’ve heard others report similar stories both in person and here, and I have seen it with my own eyes. Sorry but it is true.

Really? Where is the library in the Oyster building?

On the 4th floor, across from classrooms. The PP must have been staking the library out.

The question was actually directed at PP because I don't believe that she's ever really been in the Oyster building or seen anyone yelling at kids. Again, these posts have been happening on every single Oyster thread since at least 2009. A real parent or prospective parent might have issues with the school, but generic, identical complaints over the course of a decade don't pass the smell test.

No, the comments are pretty specific. You can label them what you want to discret them, but several people are posting this. Just because you have/had a different experience doesn’t mean these posters are lying.

Sorry, I'm just not buying it. No specifics, no details, and the newer claim (going on for only the last couple of years) that "multiple people are saying this." That claim even comes up sometimes in Oyster threads before anyone has pointed out that the Oyster Stalker has struck again. I think she forgets what thread she's on and trotts out her standard rebuttals before anyone has even busted her.

Okay, don’t believe all the posters. But it happens a lot. Funny that if you go to a WP playground and ask other parents, you’ll hear similar stories.

Also if these incidents weren’t true people wouldn’t talk about them. You don’t hear these kind of stories constantly without at least a grain of truth. Op you dodged a bullet.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

The thing is that there have been identical comments for more than 10 years on every single thread that mentions Oyster -- for many years they singled out the librarian as "yelling at kids", but more recently just the teachers in general, and even more recently "Lots of people say that teachers yell at kids." Nothing specific, nothing concrete, just "lots of people say teachers yell at kids." When I was an Oyster parent, I had lots of specific, concrete criticisms of the school (as all parents will with their kid's school), but this decade long campaign of word for word, generic insults rings very false to people whose kids actually attend the school.

Also, my student with an IEP had some bad experiences with teachers (mostly with older Spanish teachers who didn't seem to really believe that the relevant law applied to them and that the cure for ADHD was just convincing kids to sit still and be quiet), but we also had wonderful experiences (mostly with younger Spanish and English teachers whose understanding of teaching special needs kids was more current). About counseling out -- there no such thing as "counseling out" at a public school. That's a private school term. In one very specific circumstance, kids with extreme needs can be placed in a different school if the in boundary school doesn't have the resources to meet the need, but those circumstances are very, very uncommon - mostly because DCPS then has to foot the bill at a school like Lab, which they are very reluctant to do.

Ive seen the librarian scream at very young children with my own eyes. I reported this here after I read similar reports from other posters and a psycho immediately called me “the” oyster troll. It’s real, it has happened many times, and btw my neighbors confirmed that yelling is absolutely par for the course.

Maybe your kids are just lucky, but yes I’ve heard others report similar stories both in person and here, and I have seen it with my own eyes. Sorry but it is true.

Really? Where is the library in the Oyster building?

On the 4th floor, across from classrooms. The PP must have been staking the library out.

The question was actually directed at PP because I don't believe that she's ever really been in the Oyster building or seen anyone yelling at kids. Again, these posts have been happening on every single Oyster thread since at least 2009. A real parent or prospective parent might have issues with the school, but generic, identical complaints over the course of a decade don't pass the smell test.

No, the comments are pretty specific. You can label them what you want to discret them, but several people are posting this. Just because you have/had a different experience doesn’t mean these posters are lying.

Who cares? I would take an OOB spot at Oyster in a heartbeat.

I wouldn’t, but I have high standards.

So, please tell all of us which DC public immersion school meets your high and exacting standards better than Oyster?

Children should never be subject to that kind of treatment, EVER.

Look at this thread- bullying from parents, people trashing low income students and kids with special needs- come on. If you doubt all the posters who point out the way oyster mistreats some students (yes- some- I’m sure not all go through this) reading this thread is proof enough. Call all the names you want- it’s classic oyster bully culture.

[Anonymous]

Estas loca.

You are crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

The thing is that there have been identical comments for more than 10 years on every single thread that mentions Oyster -- for many years they singled out the librarian as "yelling at kids", but more recently just the teachers in general, and even more recently "Lots of people say that teachers yell at kids." Nothing specific, nothing concrete, just "lots of people say teachers yell at kids." When I was an Oyster parent, I had lots of specific, concrete criticisms of the school (as all parents will with their kid's school), but this decade long campaign of word for word, generic insults rings very false to people whose kids actually attend the school.

Also, my student with an IEP had some bad experiences with teachers (mostly with older Spanish teachers who didn't seem to really believe that the relevant law applied to them and that the cure for ADHD was just convincing kids to sit still and be quiet), but we also had wonderful experiences (mostly with younger Spanish and English teachers whose understanding of teaching special needs kids was more current). About counseling out -- there no such thing as "counseling out" at a public school. That's a private school term. In one very specific circumstance, kids with extreme needs can be placed in a different school if the in boundary school doesn't have the resources to meet the need, but those circumstances are very, very uncommon - mostly because DCPS then has to foot the bill at a school like Lab, which they are very reluctant to do.

Ive seen the librarian scream at very young children with my own eyes. I reported this here after I read similar reports from other posters and a psycho immediately called me “the” oyster troll. It’s real, it has happened many times, and btw my neighbors confirmed that yelling is absolutely par for the course.

Maybe your kids are just lucky, but yes I’ve heard others report similar stories both in person and here, and I have seen it with my own eyes. Sorry but it is true.

Really? Where is the library in the Oyster building?

On the 4th floor, across from classrooms. The PP must have been staking the library out.

The question was actually directed at PP because I don't believe that she's ever really been in the Oyster building or seen anyone yelling at kids. Again, these posts have been happening on every single Oyster thread since at least 2009. A real parent or prospective parent might have issues with the school, but generic, identical complaints over the course of a decade don't pass the smell test.

No, the comments are pretty specific. You can label them what you want to discret them, but several people are posting this. Just because you have/had a different experience doesn’t mean these posters are lying.

Who cares? I would take an OOB spot at Oyster in a heartbeat.

I wouldn’t, but I have high standards.

So, please tell all of us which DC public immersion school meets your high and exacting standards better than Oyster?

Children should never be subject to that kind of treatment, EVER.

Look at this thread- bullying from parents, people trashing low income students and kids with special needs- come on. If you doubt all the posters who point out the way oyster mistreats some students (yes- some- I’m sure not all go through this) reading this thread is proof enough. Call all the names you want- it’s classic oyster bully culture.

Mmmkay. Once again: Please tell us which DC public language immersion school meets your supremely high standards better than Oyster? It must be a more nurturing, completely bully-free school with higher test scores and more active and involved parents.

I’ll wait.

[Anonymous]

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Okay, don’t believe all the posters. But it happens a lot. Funny that if you go to a WP playground and ask other parents, you’ll hear similar stories.

Also if these incidents weren’t true people wouldn’t talk about them. You don’t hear these kind of stories constantly without at least a grain of truth. Op you dodged a bullet.

Um, I live in Woodley Park and up to a couple of years ago spent a lot of time on playgrounds, and I NEVER heard "these kind of stories." The ONLY place that I have seen repeated, generic, third hand claims about "screaming at kids" and "counseling out" SN kids (the Stalker gives herself away by misusing this private school vocabulary) and "bullying parents" (that's an oldie that's come up before but I haven't seen lately) is in Oyster Stalker posts.

FYI... people being mean to each other on an anonymous forum isn't "bullying." Bullying is actually a serious issue that schools need to look at, so an adult calling anyone who disagrees with har a bully really does a disservice to kids who are dealing with the real thing.

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Umm, I used the 'counseling out' term and posted about SN kids being asked to leave Oyster. I'm not the Oyster stalker, whoever(s) that is. I'm more of an 'SN Advocate' - you can find my posts all over the SN board.

I'm not sure why 'counseling out' would be a private school only term if Oyster can ask SN kids to leave (and go to a monolingual school in the system). Doesn't 'counseling out' just mean being asked to leave a school? Not 'expelled', just suggested that "this isn't working for you", "we can't serve your child", and "we hope you will take the hint and leave".....

Charter schools can't do this -- when they did, years ago, there was a lot of complaints/upheaval around it. But Oyster still can.

Pressuring people to leave a school is often an easier path than working with a family to meet a child's special needs. It would also probably boost test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Umm, I used the 'counseling out' term and posted about SN kids being asked to leave Oyster. I'm not the Oyster stalker, whoever(s) that is. I'm more of an 'SN Advocate' - you can find my posts all over the SN board.

I'm not sure why 'counseling out' would be a private school only term if Oyster can ask SN kids to leave (and go to a monolingual school in the system). Doesn't 'counseling out' just mean being asked to leave a school? Not 'expelled', just suggested that "this isn't working for you", "we can't serve your child", and "we hope you will take the hint and leave".....

Charter schools can't do this -- when they did, years ago, there was a lot of complaints/upheaval around it. But Oyster still can.

Pressuring people to leave a school is often an easier path than working with a family to meet a child's special needs. It would also probably boost test scores.

Are you/ were you an actual Oyster parent?

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

The thing is that there have been identical comments for more than 10 years on every single thread that mentions Oyster -- for many years they singled out the librarian as "yelling at kids", but more recently just the teachers in general, and even more recently "Lots of people say that teachers yell at kids." Nothing specific, nothing concrete, just "lots of people say teachers yell at kids." When I was an Oyster parent, I had lots of specific, concrete criticisms of the school (as all parents will with their kid's school), but this decade long campaign of word for word, generic insults rings very false to people whose kids actually attend the school.

Also, my student with an IEP had some bad experiences with teachers (mostly with older Spanish teachers who didn't seem to really believe that the relevant law applied to them and that the cure for ADHD was just convincing kids to sit still and be quiet), but we also had wonderful experiences (mostly with younger Spanish and English teachers whose understanding of teaching special needs kids was more current). About counseling out -- there no such thing as "counseling out" at a public school. That's a private school term. In one very specific circumstance, kids with extreme needs can be placed in a different school if the in boundary school doesn't have the resources to meet the need, but those circumstances are very, very uncommon - mostly because DCPS then has to foot the bill at a school like Lab, which they are very reluctant to do.

Ive seen the librarian scream at very young children with my own eyes. I reported this here after I read similar reports from other posters and a psycho immediately called me “the” oyster troll. It’s real, it has happened many times, and btw my neighbors confirmed that yelling is absolutely par for the course.

Maybe your kids are just lucky, but yes I’ve heard others report similar stories both in person and here, and I have seen it with my own eyes. Sorry but it is true.

Really? Where is the library in the Oyster building?

On the 4th floor, across from classrooms. The PP must have been staking the library out.

The question was actually directed at PP because I don't believe that she's ever really been in the Oyster building or seen anyone yelling at kids. Again, these posts have been happening on every single Oyster thread since at least 2009. A real parent or prospective parent might have issues with the school, but generic, identical complaints over the course of a decade don't pass the smell test.

No, the comments are pretty specific. You can label them what you want to discret them, but several people are posting this. Just because you have/had a different experience doesn’t mean these posters are lying.

Who cares? I would take an OOB spot at Oyster in a heartbeat.

I wouldn’t, but I have high standards.

So, please tell all of us which DC public immersion school meets your high and exacting standards better than Oyster?

Children should never be subject to that kind of treatment, EVER.

Look at this thread- bullying from parents, people trashing low income students and kids with special needs- come on. If you doubt all the posters who point out the way oyster mistreats some students (yes- some- I’m sure not all go through this) reading this thread is proof enough. Call all the names you want- it’s classic oyster bully culture.

Mmmkay. Once again: Please tell us which DC public language immersion school meets your supremely high standards better than Oyster? It must be a more nurturing, completely bully-free school with higher test scores and more active and involved parents.

I’ll wait.

Can you please justify why yelling at children is acceptable? I don’t care about test scores which is literally the only thing positive I hear about oyster. My children’s self esteem is more important than teaching to the test.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Umm, I used the 'counseling out' term and posted about SN kids being asked to leave Oyster. I'm not the Oyster stalker, whoever(s) that is. I'm more of an 'SN Advocate' - you can find my posts all over the SN board.

I'm not sure why 'counseling out' would be a private school only term if Oyster can ask SN kids to leave (and go to a monolingual school in the system). Doesn't 'counseling out' just mean being asked to leave a school? Not 'expelled', just suggested that "this isn't working for you", "we can't serve your child", and "we hope you will take the hint and leave".....

Charter schools can't do this -- when they did, years ago, there was a lot of complaints/upheaval around it. But Oyster still can.

Pressuring people to leave a school is often an easier path than working with a family to meet a child's special needs. It would also probably boost test scores.

Are you/ were you an actual Oyster parent?

You’re talking to multiple posters.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents love Oyster.

If you have problems with Oyster- real problems- put up or shut up. Tell your stories so we can determine if they are real.

I’m not sure why there is an Oyster troll here at DCUM. But let’s see what kind of truth there actually is.

Every single time a parent tells a story, psychotic boosters call them trolls. Op, there are an awful lot of people with similar stories about Oyster. I’d be worried. Thankful we moved.

The psychotic booster accusing oyster critics/trolls/haterz is actually Mayra Cruz.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Every single comment pointing out the problems with yelling at small children or the terrible way SN children are treated is “the” Oyster troll. No honey, lots of people know what it’s really like.

The thing is that there have been identical comments for more than 10 years on every single thread that mentions Oyster -- for many years they singled out the librarian as "yelling at kids", but more recently just the teachers in general, and even more recently "Lots of people say that teachers yell at kids." Nothing specific, nothing concrete, just "lots of people say teachers yell at kids." When I was an Oyster parent, I had lots of specific, concrete criticisms of the school (as all parents will with their kid's school), but this decade long campaign of word for word, generic insults rings very false to people whose kids actually attend the school.

Also, my student with an IEP had some bad experiences with teachers (mostly with older Spanish teachers who didn't seem to really believe that the relevant law applied to them and that the cure for ADHD was just convincing kids to sit still and be quiet), but we also had wonderful experiences (mostly with younger Spanish and English teachers whose understanding of teaching special needs kids was more current). About counseling out -- there no such thing as "counseling out" at a public school. That's a private school term. In one very specific circumstance, kids with extreme needs can be placed in a different school if the in boundary school doesn't have the resources to meet the need, but those circumstances are very, very uncommon - mostly because DCPS then has to foot the bill at a school like Lab, which they are very reluctant to do.

Ive seen the librarian scream at very young children with my own eyes. I reported this here after I read similar reports from other posters and a psycho immediately called me “the” oyster troll. It’s real, it has happened many times, and btw my neighbors confirmed that yelling is absolutely par for the course.

Maybe your kids are just lucky, but yes I’ve heard others report similar stories both in person and here, and I have seen it with my own eyes. Sorry but it is true.

Really? Where is the library in the Oyster building?

On the 4th floor, across from classrooms. The PP must have been staking the library out.

The question was actually directed at PP because I don't believe that she's ever really been in the Oyster building or seen anyone yelling at kids. Again, these posts have been happening on every single Oyster thread since at least 2009. A real parent or prospective parent might have issues with the school, but generic, identical complaints over the course of a decade don't pass the smell test.

No, the comments are pretty specific. You can label them what you want to discret them, but several people are posting this. Just because you have/had a different experience doesn’t mean these posters are lying.

Who cares? I would take an OOB spot at Oyster in a heartbeat.

I wouldn’t, but I have high standards.

So, please tell all of us which DC public immersion school meets your high and exacting standards better than Oyster?

Children should never be subject to that kind of treatment, EVER.

Look at this thread- bullying from parents, people trashing low income students and kids with special needs- come on. If you doubt all the posters who point out the way oyster mistreats some students (yes- some- I’m sure not all go through this) reading this thread is proof enough. Call all the names you want- it’s classic oyster bully culture.

Mmmkay. Once again: Please tell us which DC public language immersion school meets your supremely high standards better than Oyster? It must be a more nurturing, completely bully-free school with higher test scores and more active and involved parents.

I’ll wait.

Can you please justify why yelling at children is acceptable? I don’t care about test scores which is literally the only thing positive I hear about oyster. My children’s self esteem is more important than teaching to the test.

My children haven’t been yelled at while attending Oyster, so I do not concede your baseless point. You’re NOT an Oyster parent, so you have zero credibility. However, you clearly have an axe to grind with the school. How has that been working for you? Are there fewer parents trying to enroll their children? Not according to this report: https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/local/dc/300-applications-per-seat-see-which-dc-schools-were-the-most-sought-after-in-the-2019-2020-lottery/65-16583d09-a157-4d35-98e8-bf1a8ee8d7a1

I’m still waiting to hear which DC public language immersion school meets your high standards better than Oyster?

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Anonymous wrote:Umm, I used the 'counseling out' term and posted about SN kids being asked to leave Oyster. I'm not the Oyster stalker, whoever(s) that is. I'm more of an 'SN Advocate' - you can find my posts all over the SN board.

I'm not sure why 'counseling out' would be a private school only term if Oyster can ask SN kids to leave (and go to a monolingual school in the system). Doesn't 'counseling out' just mean being asked to leave a school? Not 'expelled', just suggested that "this isn't working for you", "we can't serve your child", and "we hope you will take the hint and leave".....

Charter schools can't do this -- when they did, years ago, there was a lot of complaints/upheaval around it. But Oyster still can.

Pressuring people to leave a school is often an easier path than working with a family to meet a child's special needs. It would also probably boost test scores.

Are you/ were you an actual Oyster parent?

You’re talking to multiple posters.

Nope unless magically multiple posters can post one single post.

Perhaps two trolls sharing a keyboard?