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[quote=Anonymous]Any current or recent parents care to share what your day-to-day and overall preschool experience at AppleTree is or was like? We're aware spots for the locations near us get filled up, so they're obviously not struggling for enrollment or have a terrible reputation. But so far we don't have a good read on what the classroom experience is like, in order to decide where to rank them in relation to other nearby DCPS and charter options.

The open house presentation and marketing materials feel very sales-y, rightfully I suppose, and spend a lot of time on language and keywords that ultimately feel cliche and not that illustrative for us. Not to be weird, but we don't really care that a lesson plan or curriculum is "innovative" or exclusive. Are the assessments we spent 10-15 minutes talking about to be taken that seriously or more like "take it or leave it"?  We just want to know if the kids are happy, safe, and playing/learning in developmentally appropriate ways. Or if it's mid and people are just OK sending kids there because it's "just" for 1 or 2 years.

We're going to include them either way due to short commute, but hearing others' experience would be informative so we can manage our expectations and understand what we might be getting into.[/quote]

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