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[quote=Anonymous]Just to respond to several misunderstandings I've seen in this post, as well as answer some other questions.  And full disclosure, I'm a staff member at the school:

- There has been some turnover since Mr. Cline took over; if you look at any school that gets a new principal, that is not unusual as a new principal means new policies and ways of running the school.  Mr. Cline is a good leader and has HIGH expectations for staff and students.  Mrs. Salazar was much more lax.  So some teachers who got used to not being as accountable left. 
- The 4th grade center teachers are both amazing!  They understand the gifted population, and are both working together in the same Master's program for Gifted and Talented certification.  They have different styles that compliment each other, and they build in a lot of work time in class, as well as strategies to further support students organization and executive functioning needs as they adjust to the increased workload.  
- Regarding math, the center students are all in the compacted 4/5 math, with a few in 5/6 math.  There are also some non-CES students in the compacted math, including an additional compacted math class for non-center students.  
- The health staff are excellent, and have experience with diabetic students.  There are also some staff members with diabetes (Type 1) who have been trained to support students if the health tech or nurse happened to be out and the substitute tech was not as experienced. 
- As another poster mentioned, the St. Mary's trip was due to the cost of it.  The PTA is amazing and words hard for our students, but they are very small and limited funds are available.  The funds they have are used to help supplement field trip costs for students, put on assemblies at both schools (The PTA is a joint PTA between Oak View and our K-2 sister school New Hampshire Estates ES), and provide after-school club stipends.  
- Clubs were available in the fall to students, and they serve a mixed group of students, but there is no transportation for the CES kids to Pinecrest or any of their other homeschools.  The bus only goes along the neighborhood routes, and many CES parents were unable to pick them up.  
- Mr. Cline is working on integrating the CES students with the rest of the school, but it is challenging as the only times are lunch and recess.  They are mixed in more during some of the PBIS (Positive Behavior management system) rewards.  Also, the 4th grade teachers (center and non-center) were working on a way to integrate students for some activities and team-building.  [/quote]

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