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[quote=Anonymous]Welcome! The Oak View CES has been great for my child, and I hope you come to the Open House and check it out.

Some thoughts on the OP.

Oak View is overall a well-run school as far as I can tell. It is clean and updated, the kids are respectful and polite, and the administration it very visible.

With that said, the CES kids are not particularly well integrated. Part of that is just coming into a new school in 4th grade with kids who have been together since younger grades and part is language/culture.

My child has found the CES to be a very easy social adjustment but they also came over with several peers from the home school, and knew some of the other kids from YSP, soccer, and other extracurriculars.

HOWEVER, this is not the Center for Well Behaved and Calm Children. I would say there are the same number of kids struggling with impulse control, and other behaviors, as at our home school. They just happen to ALSO have high test scores.

There is no before- or after-care at Oak View, but there is bus service back to the home school. Because Oak View is a Tier 1 (early start) school, most kids at Tier 2 schools could get back in time for after school clubs.

The 4th grade teachers are both young and very energetic. They are both doing their MAs in Gifted Education and seem very motivated to teach the kids in new ways.

Happy to answer more questions if people have them.

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