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[quote=Anonymous]I am glad I found this forum and hope someone responds, ha-ha.  My child is currently #1 on the waitlist to get into this school.  I emailed the principal and one of the elementary counselors several months ago and no response.  I know they are very busy; however, that did not sit right with me.  I rode pass the school since I live in the area and I did not like what I saw from the outside of the school and because of the neighborhood it’s in, I even more turned off.  Please pardon me if I sound biased, I am not; however, if we were to take my child out of private school to put him into this one I want the best environment and education.  I dug a little deeper to get some questions answered by calling the school.  I spoke with someone who was very helpful but her responses to my questions rather had me wondering why she is talking in between the lines.  Many of my questions are below, you will see her answers, and maybe you can assist in the response.

How is bullying handled?  She mentioned the student must address it with the teacher and the teacher will work with the parents through PG County policy.  Therefore, it seems nothing is done in house and bullying will continue.

Is there any interaction with elementary and middle school students?  She said yes, when they switch classes there is interaction.  I do not like that, because the middle school kids can bully the younger kids.  For example, it was one kid in Ohio who committed suicide because he was being bullied in between classes and was knocked unconscious by an older kid.  By her response, it seemed something like this would happen because there is no control on bullying.

I also asked about the class size.  The person mentioned it was 30 kids in a class with one teacher and no aide to assist.  I thought that was too many kids with no help.  It is also apparent the counselors are not involved.

If you can please give an overview of the environment of the school and the kids.

The person who assisted me mentioned it was not a neighborhood school but it is still 90 percent African American where my wife and I were looking for more diversity. 
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