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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can any current parents tell me if there are military families that go to Langley?

We are set to arrive on Joint Base Anacostia Bolling in 2 weeks and we toured Leckie and we were less than impressed with Kindergarten. We will be here for two school years and while I'm sure our daughter would be fine, we are looking at our options. I see that base has a bus that goes to Langley and was hoping someone could tell me if there were other military families that attend.

Thank you! [/quote]

There are military families, who I personally know, but I don't know anyone who lives on the base.  But they would not run the bus if nobody rode it, right?  Not sure why you didn't like Leckie, but K and 1st at Langley will be fine.  My daughter is going into K along with some of her best friends, and I know both the current K teachers are good.  It's a nice small school where everyone knows your name-- maybe that would be nice for your daughter after a move.  We would love to have you![/quote]

I'm a teacher (high school though, not elementary) and at Leckie they switch between three teachers at the K level which I don't find developmentally appropriate.

I also heard really harsh language from one of the teachers. Not swear words or anything but when a child went up to the teacher, they didn't listen and put their hand out and said "bye" over and over until the kid walked away. And when the tour was over and I was leaving, she was straight up yelling at the kids. Loud enough that I heard it down the hall. I know that it was just a tour and only a snap shot but then I wonder, if that's what it's like when someone is touring, what is it like when no one is paying attention? Maybe I'm being too picky? But my gut feels like we should find a "softer" program.

A smaller school sounds wonderful. Leckie is preschool-8 and they say the older kids aren't around the younger ones but there were some very tall, definitely middle school kids sprinting wild through the halls and screaming as loud as they could in the stairs. I honestly left shocked. [/quote]

Wow, I am so sorry to hear that.  I had always assumed Leckie would be pretty good because of the base.

I'm not going to tell you Langley is perfect or that there is never a harsh word  But no way would K classes rotate like that, and the rowdy middle school kids are in a different school across the alley-- they might be walking on the same sidewalk at dropoff or coming into Langley to pick up siblings, but their school is a separate building.  Langley has either one or two classes per grade level for a total of about 300 in PK3-5th.

Langley is also a pilot site for socioemotional programming.  We use Conscious Discipline and I really, really love it-- it's all about the kids feeling safe and loved and teaching them social skills.  So it's a very warm and nurturing place.  There are five DCPS pilot sites, you might check out Beers as well if you're interested.  We also have Playworks for fitness and social skills, and Foodprints for gardening.  I know it's not the best test scores and doesn't have a good high school feeder, but we've liked it well enough to turn down several other offers last year and this year.[/quote]

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