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[quote=Anonymous]Let me start by saying that I don’t know if our issues were just our school or if a lot of bottom performing schools had these issues. I will also admit that I was very much “build up neighborhood schools. It’s our job to help change things” and obviously that didn’t work out the way I thought it would. I feel guilty about that but I also admit to not feeling guilty enough not to lottery (we lotteried out). This is an elementary school but I won’t be saying which one.

My daughter had subs all of the time. And most of the time no plans were left or they couldn’t even find subs. I lost count of how many times she watched movies throughout the day, how many times her specials classes were canceled, and how many times her class was divided up between other classes.

She was on grade level in math and language arts and a lot of the time she was doing worksheets with no reading group or actual math lesson because the teacher was working with the numerous kids below grade level. I don’t fault her teachers for that, they did what they had to do. But, come on, that’s not a quality education for my child regardless of how you try to cut it.

Now the next two things I assume are a school problem maybe not a problem because it was bottom performing. Every Friday we had to wash her backpack because it smelled like weed. The other kids and their families smelled like it (I’m not saying the kids smoked, just saying their clothing smelled of it) and it made my kids stuff smell. I spoke to the teacher about it and she said she had to open the windows when the kids got to school because it was so bad. And then so many things were canceled day of. Back to school night was almost never held. There would be programs like the winter concert and stuff and it would be canceled and we were told the new date the day before. This was probably an admin issue but then I wonder if they were so focused on other things and those things just slipped through the cracks.

I appreciate the hard work of the staff of the school. They had their work cut out for them. What they are responsible for is awful. With so many at risk kids, they had so many more responsibilities than just educating the kids while they were there. They helped them find housing, helped with laundry, helped with food, etc. They were stretched so thin and it showed. And we tried for a few years but it just wasn’t working for my daughter and our family. I know I’m part of the problem but it’s the truth. The families at the school needed so much. The needs were so great. And it just seemed impossible when looking at the situation. I feel for everyone involved and like I said, feel guilty we didn’t stay and left when we could. [/quote]

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