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[quote=Anonymous]I think 9:46 meant to say emphasis on "Black History Month" which most schools do in some fashion.  Said third grade  teacher won an award for the program but all it is is 1) select a famous black person; 2) prepare a few paragraphs on him or her; 3) make a costume (Lord help me); and 4) stand in said costume in library and when your button on your chest is pushed recite the memorized history about the person.  Now that I think about it, that description pretty much summarizes my whole view of the school.  Show up, line up, and shut up.   Yes, 3rd is problematic.   Too much rote memorization (math facts); compounded by girl cliques and general unpleasantness amongst the students that goes uncontrolled by this particular teacher.  One teacher  doesn't seem to like boys so most parents of boys leave before the third grade, as we did.  From what I've read on this site the same miserable uncreative art teacher is still there.  A french teacher is problematic. And there is a fifth grade teacher (got to be an Aspie - no social skills whatsoever; no eye contact) whom no one likes.  9:46 is right - WES was really great in the early years, but I think the two headmasters hired by the board after Mrs. Schuessler (the founder) left were weak in the management department and preferred to kiss up to the teachers than attend to children's needs.  In other words, they are afraid of the teachers that need to be let go.  Yes, some have been let go, but there really is still too much rote memorization, punitive measures taken (read some other threads about this) and no training amongst teachers for differentiated styles of learning.  Few parents leave feeling good about the school.  And by 8th grade, the class is tiny and many of the kids in it came in in later years to fill the slots of those who had left.[/quote]

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