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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are at CCES and before that were in a DC public school. Academically, it is more organized, the kids are tracked more closely and I think the basics are being covered. However, that's it. The PTA, while apparently very supportive of the teachers, is quite anemic (the teachers are excellent, I will say, and several have mentioned being very happy with PTA support--I guess the parents are happy to give, but not so much to show up). The parental involvement is just a fraction of what we experienced before and as a result there is little community feel. The "Center for Highly GT Kids" seems to be the only piece of the school that gets any fun/academic extracurricular projects and attention. For instance, after weeks of standardized testing, the "Center" program did a Rubic's Cube unit and then fielded a Rubik's Cube team to a local championship, but none of the non-Center kids were even invited to try out for it. Prior to a recent field trip to Philadelphia, the "Center" kids did a special unit on the relevant history, including researching individual delegates to the Constitutional Convention, whereas the other kids seem to have gotten no preparation. (Separate issue, but as far as I can tell, there are no positive externalities to having this program at the school and it makes the other --very smart-- kids feel they are "not GT" every day.)

I have no issues with the level of "discipline" or authority there--haven't experienced that as a problem. My kids are both doing well and are at advanced levels in math and reading. As far as the Principal goes, she does keep the place very organized, has managed to assemble great staff and even eliminate some problem staff. That said, she generally does not respond to emails and is not very approachable or open to ideas.

Even though my kids are doing well, in terms of report cards, I am starting to feel some despair about the the school and how my kids are coasting there, and are not especially challenged.  I am wondering whether to go back to full time work in order to even begin to consider private school (and would that be a lot better, in terms of projects and writing and independent thought, assuming my kids get in -- would love feedback on that).  [/quote]

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