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[quote=Anonymous]As I live in the neighborhood I applied to CCPCS  last year and was very excited to get a 6th grade spot for my son. The entire year was a bust but we decided to stay because we thought every school has bad teachers and  7th grade should definitely be better. He was  tutored  all summer long so that he will not be a year below grade level even though he did score Proficient in Reading and  almost Advanced  in Math (by 1 point)  as DC CAS is pretty basic.

Being an ESL student, I had requested to have him enrolled in ESL classes. He did, for only a couple of weeks because the teacher was busy with other students who neede her help more, I was told. This year, he was tested for English Language proficiency and according to his 7th grade teacher, he scored lower than last year, after attending the school for more than a year, which means that he has regressed. I am also quite disappointed in this year's language and science teachers.  Some of the reading is so complicated and boring that it just feels that things are being copied haphazardly from the internet without putting any thought in the quality of the material.

Apparently the school is much better at the lower elementary grades. However, students are still accepted for the current school year as limited spots at every grade level are being advertised week after week in the weekly newsletter. I know for a fact that more than half of last year's 5th graders chose to move to other schools for this year.  I could pull him out right away or have him regularly tutored like many of his classmates who choose to stay for whatever reason.            [/quote]

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