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[quote=Anonymous]Principal Holiday at Spellman is fantastic.  We have a child who goes there I can't say enough about Holiday.  She is very responsive to email and/or phone calls.  I emailed her during the first week of school and she called me back with in a couple of hours.

When my child started K this year, there were 28 kids per class.  A bunch of parents got together and wrote an email about the number of kids in the classes etc.  She said she was also concerned about and was working on getting another teacher but in the meantime she worked the schedule in such a way that there was always and aid or reading/math specialist during the core teaching hours.  And she lobbied the county and worked her budget in such a way that they got another K teacher by mid October.

Another example is when children started K and the teacher noted that they were way above grade level in Math and Reading.  Holiday gave the parents the options of moving the kids up a grade or having them pulled out of the class and into the upper grade during math and/or reading instruction.  She is also really on working expanding the TAG program at the school.

The school isn't perfect but we plan to keep our child there even if they get into the TAG school (which we have heard mixed reviews on).

She welcomes volunteers in the school....including members of community who don't have children attending Spellman (retired people etc.)  She works closely with the PTA etc.

She knows most of the kids by name and refers to herself as the Mom of the school.

The school has it's problems but the Principal and all the staff I have had contact are fantastic[/quote]

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