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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recognize that poster up-thread who for years has been trashing Oakland Terrace every.single.time. it is mentioned.  I have always suspected a fired teacher or mental parent. They just can't let it go and it has been years.

I grew up in Silver Spring and so did my husband. We are both teachers (UMD for undergrad and GW for grad school, so truly locals!) .  When we started a family a few years ago we knew we would choose OT or Flora Singer.  OT won out due to the dual immersion language program.  We are hopeful the program will continue to Newport Mill MS; we will see what to do when that time comes.  We are fine with the DCC high school choices as husband and i are both products of them (Blair).  The IB programs are what we are looking for; it will be most convenient for us personally if our kids choose Einstein, though as proud Blair graduates, well, we would be beaming if our kids continued the legacy...[/quote]

I’m a new poster to this thread. I have a 1st grader at OTES and I have posted on 2 other OTES threads.  It is so interesting because as the poster up thread said, there are many of us with complaints about OTES. Both on this board and other parents I have spoken to at the school.  Yet every time these legitimate complaints come up, someone (maybe the same someone?) “recognizes” the poster as the crazy OTES poster and shuts it down. My first ever post on the last OTES thread got “recognized” by this person as “the same poster” with an ax to grind. It’s uncanny. Next time someone complains about OTES, watch for the immediate gas light.

So far for us OTES has been fine. Spanish immersion is a huge perk, but the poster above summed it up perfectly. There is very little parent interaction compared to experiences of friends at other schools.  It is hard to volunteer even if you flat out ask. There is zero communication from teachers or admin. We have grown used to it and our child is happy, so it’s basically fine. But there’s nothing wrong with wishing for a little more from our child’s school.

If people are thrilled with admin and teachers at Flora Singer, that is worth a ton IMO. [/quote]

Here’s what I find interesting: when parents seemingly care more about “cool” or “nice” teachers than “good” teachers.

And what impact does the admin have on parents? Are you just frustrated that you can’t volunteer? That’s weird. Why are you so pressed to be in the building during school hours? Unless you have a kid with special needs, you really don’t interact with admin.

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Our experience with a special needs child has been terrible.  They completely ignore the issues, say it is something else when we've had tons of private testing and the supports they provide are based on groups, not individual kids.

Why wouldn't you want to volunteer to support the teacher so she/he can focus on the kids and you help with the other things?

OTES would be great for you if you aren't there if you are no involved and don't care.  They like parents like you.

Admin has a huge impact.  How the teachers are treated and told what or what they cannot do impacts both the parents and kids.  Admin is probably behind the communication block between parents and teachers.  I've heard/seen admin screaming at the teachers rather than giving the supports they need.  Teacher tried to help us advocate what our child need and admin told us and the teacher we were both wrong when they had no direct experience with our child.

I want good teaches who teach, not dump the kids on computers or teach from videos.  I don't want nice.  We have lots of nice teachers.[/quote]

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