Anonymous
03/03/2020 09:08
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Yep. It has a daycare vibe now. The staff quality has gone down.
Go away, anti-daycare troll.
I’m not anti daycare. But the program was excellent under Jim Clay and under the new administration it’s gone downhill. Sorry. Saying it’s a great school doesn’t make it so. You have to hire excellent, degreed teachers with deep experience in early childhood education, anti bias curriculum, project based and play based learning, and have a strong curriculum and lots of professional development. Jim did that. I do not see that anymore.
You can say that without using “daycare vibe” as a so called insult. That’s the problem with what you said.
Nothing wrong with using ‘daycare vibe’.
You really don't see the issue with saying it has a "daycare vibe" when arguing staff quality has gone down?
Anonymous
03/03/2020 06:31
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Yep. It has a daycare vibe now. The staff quality has gone down.
Go away, anti-daycare troll.
I’m not anti daycare. But the program was excellent under Jim Clay and under the new administration it’s gone downhill. Sorry. Saying it’s a great school doesn’t make it so. You have to hire excellent, degreed teachers with deep experience in early childhood education, anti bias curriculum, project based and play based learning, and have a strong curriculum and lots of professional development. Jim did that. I do not see that anymore.
You can say that without using “daycare vibe” as a so called insult. That’s the problem with what you said.
Nothing wrong with using ‘daycare vibe’.
Anonymous
03/02/2020 21:42
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Yep. It has a daycare vibe now. The staff quality has gone down.
Go away, anti-daycare troll.
I’m not anti daycare. But the program was excellent under Jim Clay and under the new administration it’s gone downhill. Sorry. Saying it’s a great school doesn’t make it so. You have to hire excellent, degreed teachers with deep experience in early childhood education, anti bias curriculum, project based and play based learning, and have a strong curriculum and lots of professional development. Jim did that. I do not see that anymore.
You can say that without using “daycare vibe” as a so called insult. That’s the problem with what you said.
Anonymous
03/02/2020 21:35
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Yep. It has a daycare vibe now. The staff quality has gone down.
Go away, anti-daycare troll.
I’m not anti daycare. But the program was excellent under Jim Clay and under the new administration it’s gone downhill. Sorry. Saying it’s a great school doesn’t make it so. You have to hire excellent, degreed teachers with deep experience in early childhood education, anti bias curriculum, project based and play based learning, and have a strong curriculum and lots of professional development. Jim did that. I do not see that anymore.
So true!
Anonymous
03/02/2020 20:11
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Yep. It has a daycare vibe now. The staff quality has gone down.
Go away, anti-daycare troll.
I’m not anti daycare. But the program was excellent under Jim Clay and under the new administration it’s gone downhill. Sorry. Saying it’s a great school doesn’t make it so. You have to hire excellent, degreed teachers with deep experience in early childhood education, anti bias curriculum, project based and play based learning, and have a strong curriculum and lots of professional development. Jim did that. I do not see that anymore.
Anonymous
03/02/2020 12:35
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Yep. It has a daycare vibe now. The staff quality has gone down.
Go away, anti-daycare troll.
Anonymous
03/02/2020 12:34
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Yep. It has a daycare vibe now. The staff quality has gone down.
Anonymous
03/02/2020 09:32
Subject: Re:School for Friends
The magic of that school was the former director. They’ve had quite a few teacher turnover as well so verdict is out!
Anonymous
03/02/2020 02:10
Subject: Re:School for Friends
I toured there too and can’t remember - so they provide lunch?
Anonymous
03/01/2020 23:31
Subject: School for Friends
I toured there. The playground is great, but I didn’t think it was a significant improvement over the center we send our daughter to out in the burbs. I just didn’t see the reason behind all the fuss over it.
Anonymous
03/01/2020 23:26
Subject: Re:School for Friends
School for Friends is an amazing play based preschool. The new director has been there for 2 years now. The previous director was one of the founders and was there for 30+ years before he retired.
Anonymous
02/27/2020 15:50
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Anonymous wrote:Nope. Older kids are always easier with all of the lottery churn. Like ANY school they encourage community participation, involvement and contribution but they are not high pressure.
Has anyone had an older kid here? Did it feel more like private preschool or like a daycare because of the toddler rooms?
Anonymous
02/27/2020 15:25
Subject: Re:School for Friends
Nope. Older kids are always easier with all of the lottery churn. Like ANY school they encourage community participation, involvement and contribution but they are not high pressure.
Anonymous
02/26/2020 16:27
Subject: School for Friends
Yup
Anonymous
02/26/2020 13:51
Subject: School for Friends
I got the sense after attending their open house that it is difficult to get in here regardless of the age of your child. Also, that they consider your willingness to fundraise for them to be a significant factor in their admissions determination. Are both of my impressions correct?