Reply to Charles Drew Elementary

Forum Index » VA Public Schools other than FCPS

Reply to "Charles Drew Elementary "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I have two kids in the school. Both are fairly high achieving, well behaved kids. Here's my general thoughts:

- the student/teacher ratio is really low. My kids gets tons on one in one time because a lot of students are pulled out for additional supports. They are challenged and are learning. There's tons of opportunities for enrichment.

- the teachers are fantastic. His teachers were engaged, kind, and patient. The school community seems close and wonderful.

- my kids have made friends and the other parents are nice. There's plenty of opportunities for me to volunteer and be in the school and I always see a very engaged school community.

- the test scores are low, but a lot of that is not reflective of the teaching. It's a high needs community and when kids start far below grade level, even if they make a ton of progress, they still may be well below grade level. My kids are above average and have made considerable growth, so the high needs aren't impeding their learning.

- there's behavioral problems. The kids can be loud and impulsive. They get in trouble. But as a former teacher, they aren't worse than North Arlington kids. There's a great special education team to build in supports for the kids that need it.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics