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[quote=Anonymous]I've experienced both sides being in a DCPS and a charter.  Obviously this is very school-dependent, but IME, the DCPS school was much worse about communicating information on logistics, school procedures, etc. than the charter school is.  As a new PK3 parent in DCPS, I was surprised and frustrated that it was so difficult getting information about basic things.  There was not much info on the school website, there was no parent listserv, and often, the communications the school sent contradicted information the school admin or teacher told us directly when we asked or that was provided in other communications from the school.  We are now at a charter school and have been provided with much more information about school procedures and the like.  It's not perfect, but it's much, MUCH better.  The first couple of weeks were still a bit chaotic but I think that's probably the case at most schools as parents, teachers and students adjust.  But again, it all depends on the school.

I will say that once the school year got going, our DCPS PK3 teacher did a pretty good job of sending out weekly (or nearly weekly) newsletters to the parents about what the kids were doing in the classroom, upcoming field trips, and suggestions on ways to expand learning at home.  She also did a good job of taking pictures of the kids and posting them to the class website.  Since we had some idea of what the kids were doing in class, we could ask our child specific questions about the school day rather than the generic "how was school today?" The room parents in our class also did a good job of sending updates and information specific to the class, mostly regarding class parties, gifts for the teachers, etc.  However, we did not get much information from the teacher specific to our child, which would've been nice, but that's probably just the way it is in PK.[/quote]

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