Basic Info
White Oak MS is located at 12201 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20904. The principal is Ms. Virginia de los Santos.
Rating
Please rate your experience at this school with respect to the following aspects on a scale from 0 to 10.- Inclusiveness: Does the school have a culture of inclusion and inclusive practices in place (e.g., co-teaching)? Are these practices effectively and systematically implemented?
- Staffing and resources: Does the school have staff and resources to accommodate a wide range of special needs?
- Cooperation: Does the school staff exhibit a cooperative approach by accepting/requesting the parents' input, listening to concerns, and attempting to resolve disagreements?
- Communication: Does the school implement progress monitoring plans? Does the staff regularly communicate with parents with respect to their child's progress and challenges? Is the staff responsive when contacted?
- Academic expectations: Does the staff systematically set high expectations for students with special needs? Does the staff systematically raise expectations when IEP goals are met ahead of time?
White Oak MS
Inclusiveness
1.3
Staffing and resources
0.9
Cooperation
4.2
Communication
2.7
Academic expectations
1.2
The special education services try, but is woefully inadequate. Consistently cited the budget as reasons why technology (written as a requirement on the IEP) was unavailable. IEPs are lip service and not paid attention to. There is a blatant refusal to offer additional one on one instructional team when it is clear the child is not meeting goals. Instead IEP goals are brushed over even when clearly failing.
Mr Hailu, who was new to the program when we started, was wonderful and hopefully has continued to improve the program.