New Beauvoir Family, Seeking Advice, Along the Lines of "I wish I had known X" When First Starting

[Anonymous]

Is there anyone who is not happy with their class placement? My DS is one of the sweet, well-behaved boys. I think he has been put in the rowdy boys class as an off-set. I feel like DS is basically a human sacrifice. I'm not worried about bullying, as I don't think that it taking place, and besides my DS can handle himself. I'm just worried that the class won't be learning anything, the teachers focusing instead on behavior/discpline. Has anyone else gone through this? Did it work out in the end?

[Anonymous]

My family went through this. I am laughing because I thought it was normal for a child to come home and have to enrich their days in school to keep up with their interests. It worked out in the end and you are not alone.

[Anonymous]

I wish I had known how many days off and half-days they have throughout the school year for teacher conferences and things of that sort. 3 days in a row next week!

[Anonymous]

I wish I had known that despite their reputation for weeding out the rambunctious boys at admissions, or stomping out the rambunctiousness of those who sneak in, it only takes 1 to totally disrupt the class for everyone else. 2 makes it a total nightmare. We could get the same experience at our public.

[Anonymous]

Wow, it's really Blackboard Jungle at Beauvoir, huh? Is it true they are thinking about adding a metal detector in case any of the rambunctious boys are packing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish I had known that despite their reputation for weeding out the rambunctious boys at admissions, or stomping out the rambunctiousness of those who sneak in, it only takes 1 to totally disrupt the class for everyone else. 2 makes it a total nightmare. We could get the same experience at our public.

So, you were hoping for a school full of zombies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish I had known that despite their reputation for weeding out the rambunctious boys at admissions, or stomping out the rambunctiousness of those who sneak in, it only takes 1 to totally disrupt the class for everyone else. 2 makes it a total nightmare. We could get the same experience at our public.

So, you were hoping for a school full of zombies?

Not PP, but agree with post about the one or two wild boys ruining the entire experience for the class. My view i s that the school does need to take a harder line with those wild ones who "sneak in." At least in the cases I'm familiar with, however, the wild boy in question is a sibling of someone else in the school (i.e., harder to kick out) and/or comes from a major donor (i.e., impossiblie to kick out).

No, I was not hoping for a school full of zombies. I was really just hoping my 30K per year would ensure that my DC could learn in an environment without constant daily (hourly?) interruptions so that the teachers could deal with the wild ones.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish I had known that despite their reputation for weeding out the rambunctious boys at admissions, or stomping out the rambunctiousness of those who sneak in, it only takes 1 to totally disrupt the class for everyone else. 2 makes it a total nightmare. We could get the same experience at our public.[/quote]

So, you were hoping for a school full of zombies?[/quote]

Not PP, but agree with post about the one or two wild boys ruining the entire experience for the class. My view i s that the school does need to take a harder line with those wild ones who "sneak in." At least in the cases I'm familiar with, however, the wild boy in question is a sibling of someone else in the school (i.e., harder to kick out) and/or comes from a major donor (i.e., impossiblie to kick out).

No, I was not hoping for a school full of zombies. I was really just hoping my 30K per year would ensure that my DC could learn in an environment without constant daily (hourly?) interruptions so that the teachers could deal with the wild ones.[/quote]

I can't imagine that one boy can dissrupt a class of 20( 10 girls/10 boys) with two adult teachers in the room and a discipline policy that is progressive and ends with the parent having to come pick up their child after like three incidents. I can't imagine DCPS providing, free of charge, a Masters Prepared counsellor to work out one on one with the child and the parent alternate coping strategies for the child with the behavior problem prior to their re-entry to the class. How have you determined that your DC's learning has been completely dissrupted? Do you volunteer in the classroom daily?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Is not going to the new parents' dinner fatal?[/quote]

Of course not, but its nice to meet other parents and unwind

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is not going to the new parents' dinner fatal?[/quote]

Of course not, but its nice to meet other parents and unwind [/quote]

It's hard to unwind at these things - you always feel like you're being sized up by all the other parents.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is not going to the new parents' dinner fatal?[/quote]

Of course not, but its nice to meet other parents and unwind [/quote]

It's hard to unwind at these things - you always feel like you're being sized up by all the other parents.[/quote]

That's probably why they often have wine and these get-togethers.

[Anonymous]

I wish I had known that going to Beauvoir does not necessarily mean your DC will get accepted at STA.

[Anonymous]

I agree, PP!

[Anonymous]

They tell you that when you go through the Beauvoir admissions process. Are they not accepted for academic reasons, or too rambunctious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They tell you that when you go through the Beauvoir admissions process. Are they not accepted for academic reasons, or too rambunctious?

In the past it has been the relatively rare exception that children from Beauvoir are not accepted to NCS or StA. My understanding is this year, both schools (but particularly NCS) rejected a large number of Beauvoir applicants.