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[quote=Anonymous]Specific comments on Logan.  We found the principal to be nice, and he also leaves much to be desired.  One example, communication.  He did a poor job communicating to the parents about the resource issues at the beginning of the year; he completely botched the SWS issue; and we know of several anecdotal pieces of evidence where parents contacted him with legitimate concerns and he simply never responded.  You also don't get the sense that he has any kind of vision for the school, but is instead focused only on the day-to-day management.  Truth be told, if you didn't know better you would think that one parent in particular was the principal, and I mean that as a complement to the parent.

Based on the school's reputation, we expected to find much more parent involvement.  But it doesn't hold a candle to Brent or SWS.  I can't speak to Maury or Watkins.  Sometimes it felt as if there were only 10-15 families at the school.  My speculation is that it has lots to do with no in-bounds preference.

As far as teachers, you really can't generalize.  And parents will also have their own unique perspective based on their child's needs.  But I can say that I think the open lottery really works against the school.  Montessori is not for every child, and in an ideal world, the school would be able to exercise more control over the selection process.  What often happened---based on our own observations and what our daughter told us---is that the teacher would be focused on corralling the 3-4 less focused kids, which meant less time for everyone else.  I'm sure that happens everywhere to a certain extent, but the freedom of Montessori I think exacerbated it.

It also seems like they have staffing needs.  I would say 10-15 times we showed up to find a substitute teacher and no assistant for the day, so you not only had a 20:1 ratio but a substitute.  It was also fairly common 3-4 times/month for either the teacher or the assistant to not be there.  I don't know how common that is at other schools.[/quote]

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