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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow! We've been pleased with our schools. We are Oakton high school pyramid. We have kids in es, ms, and hs. Loved all of them.[/quote]

Cause to say otherwise would impact your property value.   [/quote]

You have a hard time with anyone who doesn't whine just like you do, don't you? [/quote]

Different PP. I know several people in the Oakton pyramid who have had complaints. Particularly Oakton Elementary but also Oakton High School. Want to elaborate on why you are pleased with them?[/quote]

We had a very mixed bag going though Oakton ES AAP.  Some of the most amazing teachers possible. Some real duds. The teaching was just uneven, and the administration was not very good at dealing with the weak teachers. They listen to the parents, but are not proactive about addressing problems. Plus one D.C. had 3 teachers leave mid- year for pregnancy in 4 years.  One teacher had a long term sub for 3 months, came back for a week, and quit without notice. DC had 4 teachers that year.  That's bad luck, but after she went through 2 years in a row where her teacher left before the end of the first quarter, we asked for a classroom change at the beginning of the school year the 3rd time she was assigned a teacher who was 7 months pregnant, because we felt she had already taken 2 hits with long term subs, while some kids her grade had never had that situation, but we were flatly denied.  Once DC moved into AAP, there were 34 kids in her 3rd grade class.  But the administration refused to divide the class and add some level II and III kids to fill 2 classes out because of GE parent pressure. Meanwhile, the GE classes were 20 kids and under.

So yes, Oakton ES has issues. [/quote]

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