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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the problem with our city's messed up school system in a single thread: the most talked about new charter is being reviewed after two weeks of school, and all people give a flying f**k about is the food.

The food doesn't matter folks. How's the education? How are the teachers? What are the kids doing? What do they say about the days and their teachers and their friends? How is the school at communication? How are specials going, and what is outside time like? Is there homework?

Enough about the GD quinoa peppers already. [/quote]

Sorry, but food is a big deal for my family.  Much of my job as a parent is helping my kids get a great foundation in healthy food rather than in pizza and cheese based meals.

Academics or "education"  for a 3 or 4 year old, I don't really care about.  Remember when kids didn't even go to school till age 5 and then only 1/2 a day.  Kids in the 70s did just fine academically.

I also care how kind and respectful the teachers and kids are, and so far my son has no complaints, [b]though I've seen more raised voices (not yelling exactly) than I expected when I've been around  [/b]I have a report that when kids don't listen they are sent to the principals office, but not sure if that is true[/quote]

This surprises me, as I've barely heard anything louder than a whisper directed toward the kids.  (I mean that literally - it seems to be a Montessori thing to talk very softly).[/quote]

Finally, someone has gotten back to discussing something more meaningful.  Was wondering if that comment about the raised voices would just slip by all the food-obsessed parents.  I was surprised when I read this about the raised voices.  In the three different Montessori schools I have visited (and DD attended one for four  years), the teachers all speak very softly, even when a kid is acting up, so I bet this isn't true.[/quote]

This is PP who posted about this.  I've seen raised voices in the hallways and in the arts and craft aftercare room - telling kids to stop running, to stop on the stairs if they've gotten too far ahead, to come back, to put on their shoes, etc.  My last school was so calm and gentle, so I noticed this as different.  It isn't yelling, but it is the raised voice I use when I need my kids to comply.  I am hoping that when everyone settles into the routine there will be less of it.[/quote]

I've been at the school a lot and haven't seen any of this.  Though there is less whispering in the multi purpose room I definitely wouldn't say it was even close to "raised voices".[/quote]

Weird - at least three time I've seen it - they call out the kid's name and a command with that "school/teacher" voice I remember from my own schooling and use too often myself.   Maybe "raised voices" means different things to people.  My last school was a whisper school - the kids and teachers would all walk from the playground to the classroom holding hands and singing very, very softly.[/quote]

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