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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly what change in student demographics are posters referring to?[/quote]

There hasn’t been any.[/quote]

My kids are past the elementary stage, so I have a longer view on the demographics. They are changing. Original owners (primarily in Tanterra and the sliver of Olney mill that feeds into the school) who hung onto houses for a long time kept classroom size very low for many years. Then as houses started to sell, the school numbers started to tick up. Another poster spoke of class size being too big. My older kids had 20 or less in their classrooms for many years. Since anyone can follow the year at a glance stats, you can see the demographic shift.

People who have lived in Olney/Brookeville for decades/generations are talking about the shift. Crime is up. [/quote]

Agreed, demographics are something that needs to be measured over the long run, whereas the OP is referencing changes in the past couple years, so it doesn’t make sense to apply a demographics argument at least in respond to OPs original assertions — which at any rate have not been my own family’s experience, our children have had an excellent experience at Greenwood and we’re so thankful for the dedicated teachers and staff. We feel lucky to be at such a wonderful school.

If you want to discuss the demographic changes at Greenwood over the last decade or so, these neighborhoods had a lot of folks from an older generation whose children have grown, so now there is turnover in the housing stock and families with children are moving in. This is all normal and I don’t see how you would link this to crime in these neighborhoods. If there is crime like car thefts etc it’s coming from outside. So the numbers of students at Greenwood are increasing, and this would be a central office issue I’m not giving Greenwood enough teachers to match the growing class sizes. How is this Greenwood’s fault?[/quote]

The op seems to be disappointed with teachers and the admin.

In the past (including the recent past), behavior issues and kids requiring additional support were less than they seem to be now.

The turnover in housing—particularly in the more affordable neighborhoods—has resulted in some new families bringing new issues to the pyramid. Any parents with kids at Rosa? Some not so good stuff happening there this year thanks to some kids.

Bottom line: all schools have issues. I don’t think you can blame the principal for everything. She’s not in the classroom—the teacher is. And I bet if you polled the teachers who have been there for any length of time they would say they are busy dealing with issues/kids they hadn’t had to deal with in the past at such a volume.

The additional push/pull here is that Greenwood still has a majority of parents equipped to lobby for IEPs, etc. (whether needed or not). [/quote]

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