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[quote=Anonymous]I'm fine with how things are going.  My son recently transitioned to a 3 year olds' classroom.  He moved earlier than I would've liked because of the shortage/rearrangement of staff after the scandal.  It was explained to us that they needed to move up early because otherwise there was a real danger of him getting stuck in his 18 mos-2 year old room longer than was developmentally appropriate.  I agreed because I had heard rumors of older kids in this situation, both on DCUM and from other parents.  Also, the staff in the 18 mos-2 year old room made it a point to get him into a room with older kids that he already knew.  It worked out.  The boy is happy and doesn't want to leave when I pick him up.

I have nothing to offer you in terms of any academics given his age.  But there are developmental benchmarks and the like that go into a largish file you can review.  So DoD!

The fallout from the scandal has put the microscope on how the place is run and if there's one thing that DoD loves, it's excruciating oversight after something embarassing happens.  I would think that the new director and the base CO know that there had better be no further problems, or else.  I know there was very little attrition of in the wake of the scandal.  Now, that could've simply been the result of DoD parents sticking it out due to the unbeatable price and the difficulty of securing a spot elsewhere on such short notice.  However, I think we all figured that they did the clean sweep of the bad apples and that things would get sorted out soon.  Didn't seem to impact my son's room at all besides some short-lived security nonsense that the base CO implemented.

One concern: I was surprised to find out that the staff appear to have a union or equivalent.  The lead teacher in my son's room currently is out for "up to 5 months" for labor agreement negotiations.  That concerned me somewhat as unions tend to form in workplaces when there's a significant management-employee disconnect.  I get the impression that seems to be the case at Cody, but I haven't seen it impact how they treat my kid.[/quote]

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