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[quote=Anonymous]Current family here. This is all fake news and very dramatic... For context, this post began the day after the school told an existing parent they were not eligible for scholarships at &gt;50% off tuition. It almost seems like some sort of blackmail—I'll post bad things and only take them down if you give my kid scholarship money. No thank you. That's not the culture needed here.

Here are the facts:

1. Accreditation requires in-school visits during instructional time, for BOTH the accreditation agencies—MSA and VCPE. Both occurred in person.

2. The court case in NY was dismissed before the assistant principal began at the school. There were pending lawsuits, but a group of parents was consulted before she was hired. The head of school came to us and said that she seemed great, but had some pending legal issues that she was fully transparent about. The parent committee advised to hire anyway. Her first year was great, but after that there was an issue and she was immediately asked to leave (mid-year, even though it was inconvenient). The head of school stepped in immediately, took over all her duties, and it was handled quickly and appropriately.

3. The testing is absolutely real. They gave my child 3 different tests this year to confirm that they're not over-indexing on one: IOWAs, Acadience, and iReady. Her scores were kind of all over the place with iReady (but there's a bunch of controversy about iReady - that's another topic). Her scores lined up well between the IOWAs and Acadience testing. My daughter is still below grade level in some areas. I met with the school and they helped me come up with a plan for what to do over the summer to prevent summer slide. It was very helpful.

The school's been great for us. They are extremely communicative, make thoughtful plans for our child, and take action on what they say they're going to do. To the parents out there spewing vitriol on this board - if this school is not working for you, why are you still here? Stop complaining and go somewhere else. [/quote]

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