Is your school start going smoothly or chaotic af?

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Anonymous wrote:I think OP is experiencing the typical learning curve from the daycare/private preschool world to the public school world.

That's all.

OP, you will soon learn that unless you volunteer to do something and own it, "nice to haves" like a weekly newsletter won't get done.

Actually, I came from a daycare/preschool where we never knew anything about my child's day unless some problem arose. I guess I actually hoped that now that we are in an HRCS there would be more communication - or, better and more coordinated messages at the least.

There is no such thing as a "HRCs" -- it was a joke moniker coined on DCUM that people sort of think is real.

It's got as much validity as the City Paper's 'best in the city' awards.

Except there are actually a default set of charters that people on here think are the best ones. And by certain measures, are the best ones (PARCC, Tier 1, etc), but also they're just the hardest to get into for whatever reason.

But there are exceptions -- MV has lousy PARCC scores and other schools with great PARCC scores and Tier ratings are definitely NOT considered HRCs.

LAMB is the best example -- it has strong PARCC scores, Tier ratings and a wait list a block long. It's also got notoriously bad communications with parents and families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think OP is experiencing the typical learning curve from the daycare/private preschool world to the public school world.

That's all.

OP, you will soon learn that unless you volunteer to do something and own it, "nice to haves" like a weekly newsletter won't get done.

Actually, I came from a daycare/preschool where we never knew anything about my child's day unless some problem arose. I guess I actually hoped that now that we are in an HRCS there would be more communication - or, better and more coordinated messages at the least.

There is no such thing as a "HRCs" -- it was a joke moniker coined on DCUM that people sort of think is real.

It's got as much validity as the City Paper's 'best in the city' awards.

Except there are actually a default set of charters that people on here think are the best ones. And by certain measures, are the best ones (PARCC, Tier 1, etc), but also they're just the hardest to get into for whatever reason.

But there are exceptions -- MV has lousy PARCC scores and other schools with great PARCC scores and Tier ratings are definitely NOT considered HRCs.

LAMB is the best example -- it has strong PARCC scores, Tier ratings and a wait list a block long. It's also got notoriously bad communications with parents and families.

The LAMB PARCC scores aren't that strong given the demographics of the school. It has relatively few kids from poor families, which is something that drives reputation around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think OP is experiencing the typical learning curve from the daycare/private preschool world to the public school world.

That's all.

OP, you will soon learn that unless you volunteer to do something and own it, "nice to haves" like a weekly newsletter won't get done.

Actually, I came from a daycare/preschool where we never knew anything about my child's day unless some problem arose. I guess I actually hoped that now that we are in an HRCS there would be more communication - or, better and more coordinated messages at the least.

Ha. No.

Volunteer to help, OP. That's the only way to help things improve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think OP is experiencing the typical learning curve from the daycare/private preschool world to the public school world.

That's all.

OP, you will soon learn that unless you volunteer to do something and own it, "nice to haves" like a weekly newsletter won't get done.

Actually, I came from a daycare/preschool where we never knew anything about my child's day unless some problem arose. I guess I actually hoped that now that we are in an HRCS there would be more communication - or, better and more coordinated messages at the least.

There is no such thing as a "HRCs" -- it was a joke moniker coined on DCUM that people sort of think is real.

It's got as much validity as the City Paper's 'best in the city' awards.

Except there are actually a default set of charters that people on here think are the best ones. And by certain measures, are the best ones (PARCC, Tier 1, etc), but also they're just the hardest to get into for whatever reason.

But there are exceptions -- MV has lousy PARCC scores and other schools with great PARCC scores and Tier ratings are definitely NOT considered HRCs.

LAMB is the best example -- it has strong PARCC scores, Tier ratings and a wait list a block long. It's also got notoriously bad communications with parents and families.

The LAMB PARCC scores aren't that strong given the demographics of the school. It has relatively few kids from poor families, which is something that drives reputation around here.

Very true re poor kids (their economically disadvantaged percetage is 28%). But it does have a high percentage of ELL students (38%) which tends to depress test scores too.