Burgundy Farm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The communication is still severely dysfunctional here. My MS kid’s daily home room advisor (who is also the athletic director/PE teacher) has not shown up to school in over a week. No word from the school. Pretty disappointing. I don’t need details, but at least a heads up that there will be someone filling in for awhile or that she quit.

Maybe it was a planned absence, which doesn't always merit a notification.

Kids and parents are all speculating about it, so it is probably in Burgundy’s best interest to say “there will be a sub for a few weeks”. The two other PE teachers quit a few weeks ago, so it would be nice to know if that is where this is heading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The communication is still severely dysfunctional here. My MS kid’s daily home room advisor (who is also the athletic director/PE teacher) has not shown up to school in over a week. No word from the school. Pretty disappointing. I don’t need details, but at least a heads up that there will be someone filling in for awhile or that she quit.

Maybe it was a planned absence, which doesn't always merit a notification.

Kids and parents are all speculating about it, so it is probably in Burgundy’s best interest to say “there will be a sub for a few weeks”. The two other PE teachers quit a few weeks ago, so it would be nice to know if that is where this is heading.

Looks like there’s an opening.

https://careercenter.aisgw.org/jobs/13958743/lower-school-physical-education-teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The communication is still severely dysfunctional here. My MS kid’s daily home room advisor (who is also the athletic director/PE teacher) has not shown up to school in over a week. No word from the school. Pretty disappointing. I don’t need details, but at least a heads up that there will be someone filling in for awhile or that she quit.

Maybe it was a planned absence, which doesn't always merit a notification.

Kids and parents are all speculating about it, so it is probably in Burgundy’s best interest to say “there will be a sub for a few weeks”. The two other PE teachers quit a few weeks ago, so it would be nice to know if that is where this is heading.

Looks like there’s an opening.

https://careercenter.aisgw.org/jobs/13958743/lower-school-physical-education-teacher

That job posting is for the Lower School PE teacher. The family is relocating out of the country. There are no postings for athletic director.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The communication is still severely dysfunctional here. My MS kid’s daily home room advisor (who is also the athletic director/PE teacher) has not shown up to school in over a week. No word from the school. Pretty disappointing. I don’t need details, but at least a heads up that there will be someone filling in for awhile or that she quit.

If you’ve not done so already I would encourage you reach out and ask the MS head.

Fellow MS parent. My child isn’t in the same advisory. But I do feel communication has been very good considering all the communication that is happening.

As to the one teacher, I’m hopeful it is something unexpected and that they are ok. And if it will continue I’m sure you will hear something today or over the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Burgundy is knocking this out of the park, with one exception... afternoon carpool/pick-up. What an epic disaster. And their solution is for everyone to arrive right at pick-up time instead of queueing up earlier. It takes 60+ minutes to get through the line... does anyone have any ideas for creative solutions we might pitch to the school?

[Anonymous]

The obvious answer is staggered release times. Let multi-grade families leave in the youngest child’s time slot. Lower elementary JK-1st 2:45-3:15; 2nd-5th 3:15 to 3:45; 6th-8th 3:45-4:00. Bonus benefit - have all of middle school do PE on the soccer field EVERY day from 3-3:45. Space them out and play games, obstacle courses, soccer, Hulu hoops whatever! These kids are getting NO exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The obvious answer is staggered release times. Let multi-grade families leave in the youngest child’s time slot. Lower elementary JK-1st 2:45-3:15; 2nd-5th 3:15 to 3:45; 6th-8th 3:45-4:00. Bonus benefit - have all of middle school do PE on the soccer field EVERY day from 3-3:45. Space them out and play games, obstacle courses, soccer, Hulu hoops whatever! These kids are getting NO exercise.

Middle school parent here -- I like this idea very much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The obvious answer is staggered release times. Let multi-grade families leave in the youngest child’s time slot. Lower elementary JK-1st 2:45-3:15; 2nd-5th 3:15 to 3:45; 6th-8th 3:45-4:00. Bonus benefit - have all of middle school do PE on the soccer field EVERY day from 3-3:45. Space them out and play games, obstacle courses, soccer, Hulu hoops whatever! These kids are getting NO exercise.

They absolutely need staggered release times. Anyone know if they are considering it? Surprised they haven’t made that call yet. Even spacing out 15 mins apart would help. I do feel bad for the residential neighbors and the school really needs to do something to alleviate the back-up. Easy solution, really.

[Anonymous]

Release times of 2:45 (lower ES), 3:00 (upper ES), and 3:15 (MS) would probably do the trick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The obvious answer is staggered release times. Let multi-grade families leave in the youngest child’s time slot. Lower elementary JK-1st 2:45-3:15; 2nd-5th 3:15 to 3:45; 6th-8th 3:45-4:00. Bonus benefit - have all of middle school do PE on the soccer field EVERY day from 3-3:45. Space them out and play games, obstacle courses, soccer, Hulu hoops whatever! These kids are getting NO exercise.

They absolutely need staggered release times. Anyone know if they are considering it? Surprised they haven’t made that call yet. Even spacing out 15 mins apart would help. I do feel bad for the residential neighbors and the school really needs to do something to alleviate the back-up. Easy solution, really.

Agreed. It is a colossal nightmare for the neighborhood residents and the parents doing pick-up. Staggering release times seems like the obvious solution, and possibly a return of the third pick-up/drop off line that they originally had for first graders? Any little bit will help...

[Anonymous]

If we stagger - can we stagger them from 3:15 ONWARD, rather than backing it up? All the kids could do with some outdoor time before pickup and parents cannot possibly stop working even earlier than we already have to.

[Anonymous]

We were so sad to realize after moving to Aquinas Montessori that what we thought and had hoped Burgundy would provide would be liken Aquinas. The day after our son started at Aquinas he changed into a different child and soon all of his anxieties subsided - anxieties crested by Burgundy by defaulted to the child to figure things out on their own - at Burgundy we spent a lot of money for our child to be dismissed and neglected and their focus seemed to only be on the campus aesthetics and the remote campus - “The Cove” - and not at all on academics. Aquinas is half the cost and triple the quality! They also care about the parents more than I ever felt at Burgundy. They are so thoughtful and deliberate and purposeful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were so sad to realize after moving to Aquinas Montessori that what we thought and had hoped Burgundy would provide would be liken Aquinas. The day after our son started at Aquinas he changed into a different child and soon all of his anxieties subsided - anxieties crested by Burgundy by defaulted to the child to figure things out on their own - at Burgundy we spent a lot of money for our child to be dismissed and neglected and their focus seemed to only be on the campus aesthetics and the remote campus - “The Cove” - and not at all on academics. Aquinas is half the cost and triple the quality! They also care about the parents more than I ever felt at Burgundy. They are so thoughtful and deliberate and purposeful.

Burgundy is one of the places we are waiting to hear from... Can you say more about the lack of academics and how your child was dismissed and neglected? What grade?

I had read some older reviews that were pretty negative on the mixed age classrooms in grades 2-5 but I heard that was changed this year due to Covid and is no longer the case.

[Anonymous]

This is our first year at Burgundy and we’ve been very happy there. Hoping out other child will be admitted for next year!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were so sad to realize after moving to Aquinas Montessori that what we thought and had hoped Burgundy would provide would be liken Aquinas. The day after our son started at Aquinas he changed into a different child and soon all of his anxieties subsided - anxieties crested by Burgundy by defaulted to the child to figure things out on their own - at Burgundy we spent a lot of money for our child to be dismissed and neglected and their focus seemed to only be on the campus aesthetics and the remote campus - “The Cove” - and not at all on academics. Aquinas is half the cost and triple the quality! They also care about the parents more than I ever felt at Burgundy. They are so thoughtful and deliberate and purposeful.

Current family. This is not been our experience at all. Our child has thrived at Burgundy. But realize that one school does not fit every child. I'm glad to hear your child is thriving at Aquinas.