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[quote=Anonymous]Re: Shining Stars communications - I expect that most of this will be worked out before any of your kids potentially go there. This year has been complicated for a number of reasons (2 teachers departing early/unexpectedly, need to hire a new office manager, expansion to 3 primary classrooms). It would be nice to get slightly more notice about school events and have a slightly more organized process for communications from each classroom. I get the most meaningful information about what's going on at school (parent night, parent teacher conferences, weather-related closures) from other parents on the (closed) Facebook group created by the PTA. We are working to identify what ways parents would prefer to be communicated with and will then pass those requests/recommendations along to the administration, who have generally been responsive to requests/contacts.

I do not know specifically when the open houses will be. I went to an open house this time last year and honestly, it was kind of hard to get a sense of the school at that time. Parents are not permitted in the classrooms during school hours (a policy I'm not thrilled about though I understand the rationale - disrupts the work, etc.) so you can only really look through the doors and see the common areas. This year, it will also be hard to make decisions about the physical space, as the school is planning to move but nothing is finalized yet. So the space you see likely would not be the one your child experienced next year. I was told by a staff member that the space they are looking at is over by Howard, has parking and an outdoor play area for the children. I don't know what space it is specifically or where the negotiations stand.

If you have specific questions, I'm happy to try answering them from the perspective of someone who's only been involved with the school for a few months.[/quote]

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