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[quote=Anonymous]I was hoping to hear some more current info from others, but I can speak from the perspective of having a child there OOB last year for PS3. We loved her teacher and aide and found the school facilities to be great. They had great field trips and our child learned so much in that first year, it was wonderful.

The aftercare situation left a lot to be desired (lots of TV and general pandemonium, witnessed older grades' caregivers yelling at the kids a few times).

We would have happily stayed through K (when the younger kids are all in the same hall together, away from the older kids), but it was not going to be a long term solution for us. The principal (amazing, talented) had her hands quite full with the parents in the older grades. It would be ridiculous to complain about the use of TV and candy in the classrooms or food options at lunch, when she was dealing with the more important issues of school safety and parents who yelled throughout parents' night and cursed at one another right in front of the school.

This situation wasn't going to change because of our family's presence and I was not looking forward to more years of explaining what "f*** you" means after walking my kid to our car after class. I'm not sure what the school could do about this in the immediate future, so we left for PK.[/quote]

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