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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Communikids is going through a transition as they are expanding. This has resulted in a mess in terms of the administration handling parents requests and concerns. While the teachers of the school are great, the school lacks of a play space for kids, books are lacking or in poor condition, and the administration is unresponsive. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL.[/quote]

Yeah, we can tell you don't recommend it...from the 3 identical posts in three different CommuniKids threads that you bumped today. What happened to cause you to want to bump 3 old threads today? [/quote]

+1.  Yes, please tell us what PERSONAL ax you have to grind with Communikids?!?[/quote]

Maybe her kid is on the waitlist and she's trying to dissuade others :)[/quote]

Hi all, I am the parent who posted the negative review above. This is in response to the responses made after my post. If you are part of the Communikids administration as I suspect you are (few people use a capital K for Communi”K”ids), you should be paying more attention to the parents concerns than to this board. I understand this is a business, and for that same reason Communikids administration should listen and be receptive to their "clients’” concerns. Why now? What happened? Why should we recommend a business that is not receptive to its clients?

Since you are asking I'll explain:
- Administration is not receptive to parents concerns. In fact, there are no scheduled meeting(s) throughout the year for the administration to listen to parents concerns/ideas. To make things worse, the administration is not receptive to constructive criticism.

- Communication with the administration has worsened in the last couple of months probably due to the expansion of the school and new personnel. This is a sentiment shared and voiced by several parents. In fact, a recent survey carried out by a new family showed that the #1 parent concern was communication with the administration. It is understandable that transitory periods may lead to this; however, it has been over 6 months now and no improvements have been observed in this regard.

- School does not have a dedicated outdoor play space and most classrooms do not have windows. To be fair, parents are aware of this if they visit the school before they register their kids.

- Books in the classrooms are in poor condition and in very limited numbers.

Although I have highlighted some negative aspects of this school, to be fair, there are also positive things:
- Teachers are amazing
- Classrooms are clean and organized
- If you just care about paying your monthly fee and not getting involved at all with the school, this may be a perfect fit. Please be aware that I do not mean this in a bad way.

As per the waitlist comment, it is interesting that this board doesn’t get a lot of attention in months, but as soon as a negative comment appears someone immediately posts something in defense of the school and tries to discredit negative comments (by calling them a “personal ax”…). These comments usually come in bursts of 2-3 messages in short periods of time (1-2 days or within minutes of each other). Parents, make your own conclusions….
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I am a currently Communikids DC parent, and I have no problem with you (or anyone else) voicing your concerns with the school.  However, besides old books and no dedicated outdoor playspace, I still cannot figure out what you're griping about.  Btw, the kids use Fort Reno Park during the day, and St. Columba's playground during aftercare and my dc loves it!

So again, what exactly is your beef with the school regarding communication?  What parent concerns do you have that aren't being addressed?  Otherwise, it does sound as if you have a personal ax to grind.

Btw, my issue with Communikids is that they are too quick to cancel school (today notwithstanding) for any minor weather problem.  They also schedule parent-teacher conferences and school events at very inconvenient times for working parents (3 pm is preferable to 9 and 10 am when you have two children to drop-off at school).  See, even I don't think the school is perfect, but at least I listed my specific issues.[/quote]

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