5 E Hamilton Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20901

Administration doesn't really care if your child learns. They only care if your child passes and graduates, so their numbers do not decline. My child a few teachers who weren't very well at teaching, but instead of allowing our child to retake classes, they offered online classes thT did not cover the material in the syllabus and served only to pass the course. Many students have caught on and opt to fail classes and take the easy way out. Just let at state-wide and nationwide tests scores along with the number of our students enrolled in remedial classes in college. Tells the true story of how well Montgomery Blair students are prepared. When reaching out to about half the teachers about my child's performance, about half do not bother to respond. I do not want my other children to attend this school.

My son keeps getting bullied principals don't care

My daughter has attended Oak View for the last three years and we've had a great experience with the teachers and staff, but I have been a little disappointed to notice that student performance does seem to suffer some due to the significant number of children who speak English as a second language. On the other hand, the multi-ethnic mix at the school has been its own unique learning experience, and I know my daughter has benefited from being friends with kids from different backgrounds. In general, faculty and staff at the school are wonderful and know all the kids by name. Mrs. Salazar, the principal, is very hands-on, and it's obvious she enjoys the kids and they like her in return. The student body at Oak View is relatively small but class sizes are still large. My daughter's classes have consistently had around 25 kids each year, and I think the large classes make it hard to challenge the kids who are advanced. This year my daughter is in the GT program, and it has by far been her best year at Oak View. If the GT program is an option, I highly recommend it.

The school is separated by the magnet and non-magnet programs - think protected and unprotected children. The non-magnet program, where most kids are enrolled, is like general population with all sorts of clicks and gang-like students who relentlessly bully, misbehave or just don't care to be there. It's like one city with a gated community who love their experience, as they get most of the attention and resources, and another-non-gated community who gets far less in terms of attention, unless it's to police activities of nearly all other malcontents.