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[quote=Anonymous]The culture/school administration is of course driven by the principal and AP.  Who could leave at any time.  We are a family that moved from McKinley with the administration.

My take on the administration:

-Not special needs friendly.  They will try to drive you out and have succeeded in many cases.
-Things can go really smoothly if you have a well behaved kid.  Lots of great teachers.
-Admin can be tough on boys.  Some of them deserve it honestly.  So that's a pro or a con depending on who you are.  But some of the things said to these kids is eyebrow raising.  Again, depends on your perspective what you think of this.
-Admin can be pretty strong worded.  They don't have a lot of time because they serve a lot of families and if your kid is causing a problem, it's not a lot of hand holding.  You get told.  Bluntly.
-Admin backs the teachers.  The end.  The pro of this is they retain a lot of staff and have some great teachers as a result.  If your kid has a crap teacher, it isn't so great.  Admin won't do anything about some of the notorious awful teachers at that school.
-Admin does a good job of shutting down the really crazy and annoying parents.  I have always appreciated that.  See above.  It's a very no-BS style for both the kids and parents alike.[/quote]

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