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[quote=Anonymous]Current Bridges parent, and we will be leaving after this year. Although I have heard about a lot of happy families at the school, our child's teachers are, at best, lackluster, and at worst very poorly equipped for their job--there was an incident in our classroom of *highly* inappropriate discipline, which was really disappointing to us. (Even the administration, when alerted, agreed that it went against DC and school policy.) Our classroom is disorganized and pretty sad-looking, although I suppose the new building will improve that. For what it's worth, our child's favorite part of the day is aftercare.

I've tried contacting the director about a couple of things and never heard back, which is also kind of a bummer.

If your child has special needs, I do think it has the potential to be a great option--they have all kinds of services available in house, which makes life a lot easier. I am glad the school exists for special needs kids in the district, since I think it does a real service in the charter sector, which doesn't traditionally have a great track record in serving special ed populations.

Finally, we have found there to be zero sense of community, and don't even have a list of the kids in our child's class. They tried to put together a directory this year---and kudos to the folks involved for how much work it took--but participation was pretty weak. Unless you happen to catch a parent of a child your child is friends with at pick up or drop off, you may have trouble organizing playdates or birthdays. There is definitely a small group of parents who are trying to make more of a community feel, but it seems to be an uphill battle.

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