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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to hear the specifics, too. My child is OOB (already bilingual/biliterate) and has a high spot on the waiting list for Adams. We will seriously consider moving, but I'd like to hear more about any issues from current parents. Is it mostly a matter of being a small school--i.e., an underdeveloped extracurricular program? Or are there weak academics or social issues in the school? [/quote]

We left Adams because of widespread behavior problems, including bullying, and unchallenging academics. Extracurricular programs are nice, but that's really not what has been missing from Adams.

I'd like to see (effective) emphasis on appropriate behavior and much more serious commitment to differentiated learning for strong students. I'd also like a dialing back of the self-congratulatory rhetoric that keeps Adams mediocre. Bilingual education is a very good thing, and the education itself should continue, but let's not put the cart before the horse! The phrase "commitment to bilingual education" gets used as an automatic deflector to excuse Oyster Adams from all other responsibilities that a school responsive to the needs of its strongest students ought to fulfill.[/quote]

Ok, but more specifics will be helpful.  What type of bullying are you talking about?  Are these mean girls (and boys) gossiping and spreading rumors about one another?  Or are kids getting beat up in the bathroom and stuffed into lockers?

Do the "unchallenging academics" boil down to the fact that Adams offers Algebra I in 8th grade, as opposed to Algebra II?  If so, that seems like a pretty easy fix under a new (and presumably willing) principal.  If the academic problems, from your perspective, simply boil down to the level of Algebra, that seems pretty petty.  Please give us more example of Adams', alleged, mediocre academic offerings.[/quote]

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