Oakton ES feedback

[Anonymous]

Anyone at Oakton now or recently? I got some bad vibes about it and want to confirm them or shake them off. THX

[Anonymous]

Yep. Putting the LLIV Center in destroyed OES. So much conflict between the “smart kids” and “smart class” (and their parents!) and the other kids. Plus spotty teaching.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Two kids through that school over the past 10 years. Great school and teachers. Very involved parents.

[Anonymous]

Currently have one kid at OES. Great school, involved parents, everyone has been very nice and inclusive. 3rd grade AAP teacher was the best teacher my kid has had to date. Feedback from friends with kids in upper grades, both AAP and Gen Ed has all been positive. The only complaint I've ever heard is that Spanish class is boring, but that's just my own kid's opinion and not necessarily a result of a bad or ineffective teacher.

[Anonymous]

It depends what you compare with. We moved from the tops schools area, and I kept my kid for a year in 3rd grade and then transferred to private. We were in AAP, really poor education. No books. A lot of special need children. Teachers very subpar to what we got used to.

I truly believe people from the neighborhood that they love the school. But most of them coming from the public schools (parents), so it is a good school by their standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends what you compare with. We moved from the tops schools area, and I kept my kid for a year in 3rd grade and then transferred to private. We were in AAP, really poor education. No books. A lot of special need children. Teachers very subpar to what we got used to.

I truly believe people from the neighborhood that they love the school. But most of them coming from the public schools (parents), so it is a good school by their standards.

A good chuck of OES AAP kids will go on to be high performers in high school and head to top colleges. Meanwhile you can pay a lot for name brand private schools and not reach the same level of academic achievement. OES is a perfectly fine school, test scores prove that. But enjoy writing those tuition checks and best of luck.

[Anonymous]

OES is fine. My older DC and another classmate went on to TJ from OES a few years ago. Most years they have 0-2 alums progress. For as affluent as the school is, the results are meh. We hit a patch of very weak teachers and long term subs. YYMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends what you compare with. We moved from the tops schools area, and I kept my kid for a year in 3rd grade and then transferred to private. We were in AAP, really poor education. No books. A lot of special need children. Teachers very subpar to what we got used to.

I truly believe people from the neighborhood that they love the school. But most of them coming from the public schools (parents), so it is a good school by their standards.

And which school district would that be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends what you compare with. We moved from the tops schools area, and I kept my kid for a year in 3rd grade and then transferred to private. We were in AAP, really poor education. No books. A lot of special need children. Teachers very subpar to what we got used to.

I truly believe people from the neighborhood that they love the school. But most of them coming from the public schools (parents), so it is a good school by their standards.

Wow. You sound like a fun one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OES is fine. My older DC and another classmate went on to TJ from OES a few years ago. Most years they have 0-2 alums progress. For as affluent as the school is, the results are meh. We hit a patch of very weak teachers and long term subs. YYMV.

OES AAP kids go to SVES. Lliv isn’t only AAP kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OES is fine. My older DC and another classmate went on to TJ from OES a few years ago. Most years they have 0-2 alums progress. For as affluent as the school is, the results are meh. We hit a patch of very weak teachers and long term subs. YYMV.

OES AAP kids go to SVES. Lliv isn’t only AAP kids.

At least a couple years ago, when my last kid left only 1-2 kids a year went to SVES. And everyone else stayed at LLIV. The principal keep tinkering to try to figure out whether to let non LLIV qualified kids pupil place. Some years she did. Some years not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OES is fine. My older DC and another classmate went on to TJ from OES a few years ago. Most years they have 0-2 alums progress. For as affluent as the school is, the results are meh. We hit a patch of very weak teachers and long term subs. YYMV.

OES AAP kids go to SVES. Lliv isn’t only AAP kids.

OES AAP kids can go to SVES. Almost no one does. Level IV is pretty much all AAP kids. There were a couple of years when more than 30+ kids qualified and they had to do 2 classes. To fill up the space, they allowed some other kids in.