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Anonymous wrote:parent here- the school is wonderful and the teachers and admin staff really care about the kids. Golnar does too, however there have been concerns regarding her treatment of her staff and overall ability to communicate with parents. All schools have something, and I would take CM over any other public school option in the city- at least for my DD.

Another parent here - I've never heard this about her.

I find her very responsive to any issue I pose to her about my child and the school. If you email her directly, she always responds quickly - and we receive tons of communication from the school.

CMI parent here- lots of communication from the school. Golnar is very quick to respond to parents as well. However the teachers, who are excellent (and hired by Golnar) seem to have expressed concerns with the internal communication. So far we have not had a lot of turnover of teacher- but my fear is that this could happen and only be harmful to the school.

Thank you for clarifying. Some of your fellow CM parents are acting like it's not possible to both love the school and have concerns. Every school, even the absolute best, have things that don't work for all families or all staff. I am immediately wary when all I hear is glowing reports and criticism of any negative reports because "They must not really go to our school".

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:parent here- the school is wonderful and the teachers and admin staff really care about the kids. Golnar does too, however there have been concerns regarding her treatment of her staff and overall ability to communicate with parents. All schools have something, and I would take CM over any other public school option in the city- at least for my DD.

Another parent here - I've never heard this about her.

I find her very responsive to any issue I pose to her about my child and the school. If you email her directly, she always responds quickly - and we receive tons of communication from the school.

CMI parent here- lots of communication from the school. Golnar is very quick to respond to parents as well. However the teachers, who are excellent (and hired by Golnar) seem to have expressed concerns with the internal communication. So far we have not had a lot of turnover of teacher- but my fear is that this could happen and only be harmful to the school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:parent here- the school is wonderful and the teachers and admin staff really care about the kids. Golnar does too, however there have been concerns regarding her treatment of her staff and overall ability to communicate with parents. All schools have something, and I would take CM over any other public school option in the city- at least for my DD.

Another parent here - I've never heard this about her.

I find her very responsive to any issue I pose to her about my child and the school. If you email her directly, she always responds quickly - and we receive tons of communication from the school.

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Anonymous wrote:We've heard such wonderful things about Creative Minds, but have started to hear some criticism about their ED/Principal (Golnar...?); doesn't respond to feedback and constructive criticism, among other challenging characteristics.
I'm wondering if any CPI families or teachers would be willing to share their thoughts or experience?

I would not even know that CM exist if not for this forum, and I do not even know where it is. But if you really are a person who would like to have info on the school, I think you should go to the school, talk to the administration yourself, ask the parents around and so on. soliciting answers from a anonymous forum does not stike me like a good idea (I did not do it when I was reaserching the school I was interested in. went there and got feedback from real people - randon parents, friends of friends, neighbors and so on)

That's what I love most about it. It's not full of the other BS some of the schools in DC are. It's a small school and a very close family vibe to it. Most of the stuff I read on DCUM are obviously from people who are not from the school.[/quote]

Totally agree. I sometimes laugh at some of the comments made about the school by people who are obviously not part of the school community. I think to myself, "Where did you get this BS from?"