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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally don’t understand who the new parent would be sending their kid there as a 2-year old. I mean you’re choosing presumably between ncrc and 5-7 other preschools. How does anyone decide to go there given what happened (and presumably prospective parents factor in some odds that this part of a broader toxic culture). The school only has three year groups, so it would shock be if it doesn’t end up needing to downsize (if it were a K-12 the incoming year group would be a much smaller proportion of the whole school, so you could weather the storm). Plus I would guess morale among teachers gets severely impacted - and in general teacher turnover everywhere is already high (even without an event like this). So presumably you end up with parents who don’t get into other preschools, and eventually with teachers who can’t get jobs elsewhere. Speaking theoretically here - perhaps there are elements I am missing that make it different in practice. [/quote]

They have a full time Occupational therapist and a speech language pathologist which no other preschool has. I went to a playground event with prospective and current families and the vibe was very happy and that of a tight knit community. All the teachers at the play session were really lovely and happy.  There are a lot of reasons to choose ncrc. They have been around for almost 100 years. One bad person doesn’t change the depth of their knowledge about early childhood development. BVR is still around. NCRC will be too. [/quote]

What I am saying is that this stuff can be a rapid downward spiral. There is a big shift that could happen - many prospective parents and many existing teachers who have options could go elsewhere - so a downward shift in teacher quality and declines in new enrollment. Simply because there are so many other good school options in the area.  
If a restaurant has a salmonella outbreak, people avoid it for a while (they don’t look at the 100 year history) - it is human nature to run from perceived danger. Sure, some people still go - but they are super hungry, and couldn’t get a reservation elsewhere.  The problem in this case is that the new prospective intake is one third of the entire school. If there were no other good preschools it would be different, but there are. And I doubt most people go there because there is an OT (most OT’s at preschools diagnose but then you still have to pay for an external OT to actually help). 
As for “one bad person”….. bad leadership in any organization has so many knock on effects (quality of recruitment, culture, etc.). The reality is brands decline and reputations wither -  and my worry if I were a prospective parent would be that this is the beginning of a major decline that could sadly be a self fulfilling cycle. [/quote]

The decision to stay at NCRC is the rational one. The ones that stay are the rational people. The pedophile is gone. The school is being watched closely for anything and everything. Other schools are right now much more dangerous than NCRC. The families that leave are the irrational ones… not the ones with other options. NCRC is probably the best preschool in DC. [/quote]

Super rational to pay 40k….[/quote]

Can you stop trolling? You clearly have never had a kid at NCRC. Some people value education and their kids above all and end up choosing NCRC because it’s best at what it does. Pk at BVR and Sidwell is more expensive than NCRC since you are so fixated on the money and the program at NCRC is far superior. I speak from experience after multiple kids at NCRC and one of the other 2 schools.[/quote]

It is also cheaper than Harvard, and it doesn’t make it a good deal.

I am not exactly sure why you say it’s trolling when I mention that a childcare that hires pedohiles and charges 40k is not a good deal. Maybe I am missing something. [/quote]

Have you ever had a kid at NCRC? If not, you have no idea what you are talking about. It is most definitely NOT childcare. They did not knowingly hire a pedophile. It’s not like it was as mentioned on his CV.

You are clearly trolling and having fun behind your screen saying nonsense [/quote]

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