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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To answer the 11/25 poster who asked about Nottingham - that's our home school.  I think it's accurate to say that folks have very mixed feelings about the principal.  She can come off as rough sometimes, and I know that (at least last year) there was some kind of teacher survey leaked that had a fair number of negative comments towards her from the teachers.  That said, all of my dealings with her (and I have a kid who has "issues", so I've had a number of them) have gone smoothly.  She's listened to my concerns, and suggested ways to work on them.  Particularly for some of the more egregious things (last year the extended day staff were letting kids watch movies Every Day - extended day is not under her purview, but she helped me figure out to whom to complain about it - and now we have new extended day staff) shw was really helpful.

The school, while really outgrowing it's physical plant (true in all the local schools I think), has done a pretty good job of managing the growth.  My son is in the SpEd program and we've gotten more services than I thought we'd qualify for.  All the specialists have been quick to work with us to figure out what my son needs.

That said, I do think many of the kids, and many of the parents, are almost aggresively successful.  Like if you meet the benchmarks for educational testing, you are one of the lowest performers in class.  An issue that caused my son, with his learning disability, to feel "stupid" even though according to the benchmarks, he's just fine.[/quote]

I know of four teachers who left Nottingham to teach at Abingdon in South Arlington because of the principal.  [/quote]

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