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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, and I know quite a bit about the Audubon preschool. There's a reason why they have to troll for enrollment. ANS has wonderful camps and elementary-aged activities. Unfortunately, the preschool is a disaster.[/quote]

Can you say a bit more? Give specifics?[/quote]

PP here who said Audubon is a disaster. Here's my advice: get to know the young woman who is the director and get very familiar with her philosophy. Ask how long the teachers have been teaching at the preschool, and what prior classroom experience (IF ANY) that each of them has. Ask about the curriculum in detail. Ask about the ability levels of kids, and how they manage groups that range from just-turned 3yo to well past 5yo. Ask how many of the children have ever been in any organized setting outside the home previously. Ask how many neighborhood families attend the school in a neighborhood packed with kids.

Bottom line: It is a fine mother's-day-out program for the attachment-parenting crowd - just not a well-run preschool. There are plenty of others in the BCC area.

And if you're not convinced, consider this: the Audubon summer camps sell out on the day that pre-registration opens (selectively, only to Audubon members, many of whom join solely to get early camp registration), some camps fill up within the first hour of early registration. Hundreds of kids, many of whom come back year after year. The preschool meanwhile goes begging each year to fill 30 slots. There's a reason for this disparity. It's too bad.[/quote]

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