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[quote=Anonymous]Just finished our orientation. It was fine. We had previously attended a parent session and gotten forms to fill out then. We were supposed to hand in completed forms while kids went into the other room to do their thing, which consisted of a quick reading/letter recognition assessment, writing the name, listening to a story, and something else. Then, 5th graders took groups of 2-3 families on a tour of the school. After care group was represented, if there were questions. No PTO present. The principal was on hand to answer questions, too, but it wasn't really set up to have any sort of time. The K teachers were present but didn't do a good job of introducing themselves or drawing parents into a basic conversation.

IMO, it should have been structured a little differently so that kids were engaged first, and then have the *parents* move into the other room for paperwork, instead of having kids go into the paperwork room, be cornered for a picture taking (while lots of people are milling around), and then pulled away from parent into another room for the assessment. They also needed several more people and photocopiers available for all of the paperwork. And why, oh why, are you given DIFFERENT forms to fill out with very similar information to the forms you've already brought in?

On our way out the door, kids were given a couple of goody-items, which thrilled my kid. All in all, however, I think it was paced too quickly. All but one of the kids in our group were completely overwhelmed by it. I feel for the school, however, they're trying to do the best they can in a very short window. They had one day to get all the incoming kids processed.[/quote]

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