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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no “program” at asfs.  I might be giving away who I am here, but I have a middle schooler and a couple of younger kids.  The school today is very different from where it was ten years ago.  There are no science songs being sung in kindergarten.   A lot of the veteran teachers who had been there for decades have left in the past two years.  The teacher turn over at that school is really ridiculous, I think 20 teachers left last year.  My younger kids are not getting any sort of extra science exposure that is meaningful enough for the amount of anger people are expressing here.  The program is so crappy right now that I can’t imagine them trying to say it could get worse.  My third grader doesn’t know what a simple machine is, she can’t list the steps in the scientific method.  It’s not stem or steam or anything beyond a vanilla elementary school.
 I was there when they made the big push to remodel investigation station.  At the time people thought it was strange and over the top, but ms b pushed extensively for it.  She’s the one who sent out all those fundraising emails.  Based off of other people’s comments here, the push makes sense since she was likely getting pressure to convert the lab to classrooms.  If that’s true, it’s really despicable that she was allowed to do that.   [/quote]

We agree to disagree on this one.  My kids have all had science-rich experiences (middle schoolers and younger ones the same) much different than what you describe.  [b]I was also there as well and I do not recall people thinking anything was strange[/b].  We were rallying around common goals and honoring a dear friend in the process.  Your accusations posted here are hurtful for people and you also neglect to acknowledge how insensitive your comments are.  There are people who could loose jobs but yet you only care about your child and throwing accusations around.  Please think before you post public comments like this. [/quote]

I was also at ASFS at the time of fundraising for remodeling the lab (and for many years before) and there definitely were some parents and teachers who thought it was strange and way too extravagant.  I remember the first PTA meetings that it was discussed; it was like this private group of maybe no more than 2 fathers who reached out to the principal about seeking significant amounts of private and corporate donations to remodel the lab and then it was presented to the PTA as a done deal that actually did not need PTA approval or involvement.  I don't really care what happens to the lab; it's not that great though it looks good.  I am much more concerned about what happens to the 20 years worth of PTA fundraising that created the courtyard and the gardens for specific  purposes related to curriculum but I would guess whatever goes in the building next will use and care for them.[/quote]

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