Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 21:49     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:Curious, how much influence do you think the parent population has vs the principal on the culture of the school? There's a pretty significant shift in student/parent population, coming from schools that are not old school and do put an emphasis on social emotional well being/whole child development.


Lolz... they at the wrong school
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 21:47     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:NP. Is the principal people don’t like still there?


I love her. Got some popcorn to watch the new parents.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 09:28     Subject: Re:ASFS new people
This school is so 2015.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 12:27     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That principal is not old school. She is classic mean girl. Ive got no problems with traditional and strict, but I don’t like playing favorites where the popular parents run the school (to their kids’ benefit of course). An old fashioned and strict principal would kick those parents to the curb. This one doesn’t because she is classic mean girl. She picked on my kid 4 years ago (like really, picked on him in front of other teachers and my kid). I had read stuff like this on DCUM in the years before and didn’t believe it. She’s not a nice person. Luckily, my kid is fine in MS now. Despite ASFS not because of it.

I interviewed for a transfer position and she was so rude I was in shock.


Like a job or transfer student?

Employee
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 10:01     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That principal is not old school. She is classic mean girl. Ive got no problems with traditional and strict, but I don’t like playing favorites where the popular parents run the school (to their kids’ benefit of course). An old fashioned and strict principal would kick those parents to the curb. This one doesn’t because she is classic mean girl. She picked on my kid 4 years ago (like really, picked on him in front of other teachers and my kid). I had read stuff like this on DCUM in the years before and didn’t believe it. She’s not a nice person. Luckily, my kid is fine in MS now. Despite ASFS not because of it.

I interviewed for a transfer position and she was so rude I was in shock.


Like a job or transfer student?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 23:07     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:That principal is not old school. She is classic mean girl. Ive got no problems with traditional and strict, but I don’t like playing favorites where the popular parents run the school (to their kids’ benefit of course). An old fashioned and strict principal would kick those parents to the curb. This one doesn’t because she is classic mean girl. She picked on my kid 4 years ago (like really, picked on him in front of other teachers and my kid). I had read stuff like this on DCUM in the years before and didn’t believe it. She’s not a nice person. Luckily, my kid is fine in MS now. Despite ASFS not because of it.

I interviewed for a transfer position and she was so rude I was in shock.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 22:17     Subject: ASFS new people
I think the “popular” thing was back when there were more transfers.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 21:25     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:That principal is not old school. She is classic mean girl. Ive got no problems with traditional and strict, but I don’t like playing favorites where the popular parents run the school (to their kids’ benefit of course). An old fashioned and strict principal would kick those parents to the curb. This one doesn’t because she is classic mean girl. She picked on my kid 4 years ago (like really, picked on him in front of other teachers and my kid). I had read stuff like this on DCUM in the years before and didn’t believe it. She’s not a nice person. Luckily, my kid is fine in MS now. Despite ASFS not because of it.


Maybe, but we were not popular parents by any stretch (we are mostly invisible I suspect as far as Principal is concerned) and our child had a good experience and we felt had lots of opportunities and needs met well.

I honestly don't even know how you know who popular parents are, is it the PTA?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 20:57     Subject: ASFS new people
That principal is not old school. She is classic mean girl. Ive got no problems with traditional and strict, but I don’t like playing favorites where the popular parents run the school (to their kids’ benefit of course). An old fashioned and strict principal would kick those parents to the curb. This one doesn’t because she is classic mean girl. She picked on my kid 4 years ago (like really, picked on him in front of other teachers and my kid). I had read stuff like this on DCUM in the years before and didn’t believe it. She’s not a nice person. Luckily, my kid is fine in MS now. Despite ASFS not because of it.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 15:50     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The counselor who is still there is great. And SEL is definitely part of curriculum now. There was a bunch during covid. I think the push was there before covid though.

And generally there isn’t as much homework as there was several years ago. For good or bad.



Can you talk about how much homework there is? I hope this will shift as the parent and student population shifts. But what’s the homework situation like now?


It varies by grade level and things may be different post-pandemic, but several years ago even young grades (1st/2nd) would have daily homework. Word study, math sheets, etc. A few years later (kid 2) that dropped to just reading + a homework menu (just 1 activity/night). For 3rd kid, it was just reading. Not sure what older grades will look like this year.

But for my older kids they were very well-prepared for middle school. 6th grade was a breeze.

This is accurate -- there hasn't been homework during COVID, so it'll be interesting to see if it gets revived. Used to be about 10-15 minutes math (a worksheet), 10-15 minutes word study (doesn't exist anymore, got replaced by lexia), and 20 minutes reading. That level was pretty consistent from 2nd grade on, with fourth and fifth graders getting a little extra (projects, a weekly reader's response, etc.). Since word study got dropped, there's only math and reading homework daily. Its not much and I think teaches pretty good time management.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 09:48     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The counselor who is still there is great. And SEL is definitely part of curriculum now. There was a bunch during covid. I think the push was there before covid though.

And generally there isn’t as much homework as there was several years ago. For good or bad.



Can you talk about how much homework there is? I hope this will shift as the parent and student population shifts. But what’s the homework situation like now?


It varies by grade level and things may be different post-pandemic, but several years ago even young grades (1st/2nd) would have daily homework. Word study, math sheets, etc. A few years later (kid 2) that dropped to just reading + a homework menu (just 1 activity/night). For 3rd kid, it was just reading. Not sure what older grades will look like this year.

But for my older kids they were very well-prepared for middle school. 6th grade was a breeze.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 09:26     Subject: ASFS new people
I'm a PP a really happy to hear the shift towards SEL.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 07:58     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:The counselor who is still there is great. And SEL is definitely part of curriculum now. There was a bunch during covid. I think the push was there before covid though.

And generally there isn’t as much homework as there was several years ago. For good or bad.



Can you talk about how much homework there is? I hope this will shift as the parent and student population shifts. But what’s the homework situation like now?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 07:46     Subject: ASFS new people
The counselor who is still there is great. And SEL is definitely part of curriculum now. There was a bunch during covid. I think the push was there before covid though.

And generally there isn’t as much homework as there was several years ago. For good or bad.

Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 07:08     Subject: ASFS new people
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing about ASFS. It is a very tight ship. But for my kid, he’s had kind and nurturing and he fell through the cracks. He enjoyed school more, but no one ever made sure he was doing his work and intervening when he was not. The principal at ASFS does not let kids fall through the cracks and they learn stuff. I would call it a more old fashioned kind of school.


Do they also make sure the social emotional needs are met and fostered? That's my kid's weakness so where I'm more concerned.


Ha no, ASFS is old school, with homework, more discipline, etc. way less modern touchy geeky things like this. It’s on the parents to handle social and emotional. Do you IEP?

This isn’t true. In the past 5-6 years, the culture at Asfs really shifted. There is a big emphasis on sel and the counselor is very tuned into individual kids needs. My kid had emotional/anxiety issues the year before covid, and the counselor was already aware when I contacted them to discuss options. They made many accommodations without any sort of iep/etc. Other parents had similar experiences. The counselor retired last year, but I don’t think it’s different sel wise than other schools. More homework yes. Uncaring no.