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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Warning; I have nothing constructive to say here.  I’m just venting.  No, I’m not a troll.

Like many, we moved to the neighborhood for the public school.  Like many, I have since learned that you don’t move “for the schools”.  But this school’s stunning lack of competence leads to a level of disorganization and chaos that is beyond anything I would consider normal for an elementary school.  It is way too crowded.  A few teachers are good and try their best (4th grade team is pretty good) but many are burnt out and/or spend all their time on odd activist lessons (no, I’m not a conservative troll either).  One of my three has since graduated and is in a non DCPS middle and none of these odd curriculum additions were either necessary or relevant to her preparation  for MS.  In fact, she was woefully unprepared for MS.  She’s doing wonderfully now.  Something is wrong with Janney in particular and DCPS in general.  I don’t know what happened or if it’s always been like this.  I’m too angry and exhausted to explain every incident that has frustrated us right from the beginning.  A quick summary:

- kid number one was a horrible speller and struggled with reading.  We were told it’s normal and that it would eventually click.  Never clicked.  Confidence shot as a result.  New school somehow was able to support the issue and get it fixed.  Kid is thriving in new school and is helping other kids with their HW.

- kid two has accommodations.  We still get complaints about kid’s focus in class. Yeah, no sh*t.  Support staff is MIA, no response to emails, no recognition that supports might need to be adjusted.  Clearly no communication between teachers and administrative staff. Teachers constantly coming to us to “fix it”.  
 
- kid three is young but is having so many issues socially (due to chaos? Large number of kids?  Something else?)

We’re exhausted.  Feel free to roast if you must but someone out there must be experiencing this too. It can’t just be us.  My understanding is that our house may get moved to the Mann boundary.  There’s a lot of rumbling over here about it and people aren’t happy primarily due to impact on home values.  I’m not sure it’s such a bad thing.  That place needs to have about half the population it is currently dealing with.  We’ll be moving soon as a result of all of this. Just a fair warning to others.  Do your homework and never move “for the school”.

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I think it’s really unfair for you to blast an entire school because your kids have had less than ideal experiences. There are plenty of kids at Janney who are thriving socially and academically and the size of the school has had no negative impacts on them. It sounds like the school is not the best fit for you and your kids, but I don’t think you can extrapolate to the entire population because you’re exhausted. It sounds like your kids need supports that, frankly, most kids there probably don’t need. Perhaps you’d be better off in a more curated, private school environment that is structured to handle your kids’ academic and social difficulties. But if your kid has a behavioral issue that is disruptive to the class, that will be up to you to handle regardless of where they go to school. [/quote]

No.  Janney and all public schools are required to provide accommodations and supports for students who qualify. Doesn’t sound like OP’s kids are disruptive. Doesn’t sound like you have any idea of the law, much less any experience with school supports/accommodations. Lucky you. [/quote]

The OP hasn’t mentioned an IEP or 504. Janney will informally accommodate kids who don’t have these plans, but they are certainly not required to do so. It sounds like OP is on the informal plan and shouldn’t have been. [/quote]

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