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[quote=Anonymous]My son is a freshman at BCC, and spent the past 2 years at Westland (one pre-Silver Creek and one post.) Westland was not a great experience, in part because of the overcrowding in year one and the long bus rides, which actually got longer after SC opened.

Whenever I engaged with teachers directly and/or the assistant principal for his grade, they all seemed fantastic. But outside of those rare direct contacts, the school seemed incredibly impersonal and disengaged from the kids at a pretty crucial time in their lives. Even the 'promotion ceremony' involved parents watching closed circuit TV in the library because there wasn't enough room for even one guest per student.

Fwiw I also heard about teachers leaving after SC opened, but I didn't sense any deterioration in teaching or resources  - as far as I know, they didn't cut languages or other specialized courses. My kid has never really enjoyed school, but he's much happier at BCC (despite the size) and Westland seems like the low point in his education so far. Then again I haven't heard anyone whose kids loved Pyle though so it may just be the curse of middle school.[/quote]

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