Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
As far as field trip notices, the trip has probably been publicized in newsletters and web sites for awhile.
Nope, every time we've gotten a notice this year it has come with an apology..."sorry for the short notice." I've almost stopped reading the newsletter, since there's never anything new in there (and the school website is never updated). All the important stuff comes home in DS's backpack or in specific e-mails from his teacher. I really like his teacher and the school, but compared to his previous über type-A teacher I always feel like we're not getting any advanced notice for most of what they're doing in the classroom or class events. A friend of mine pulled her DD from the school, since they are cash-strapped and they couldn't deal with never having enough notice to pay for things. We love the Montessori instruction, but the school has never been good about communication in the 5 years that our son has attended.