Blog One

I am volunteering at City Collegiate in Georgetown. I had no idea what to expect becuase the charter school is in a nice part of town. The ride over was pretty simple. All I had to do was go down Wisconsin Ave but of course I am bad at navigation. I got on the bus and had no idea how long it would take to get to the school. It was the first time I rode the city bus and I was nervous that I would miss my stop. It turns out that I ended up getting off the bus several blocks past where the charter school was. I also assumed that the building I was looking for would have City Collegiate along the side but even that was wrong. I kept walking past the school but it said the Boys and Girls Club. I looked at the address and noticed that it was the same address I wrote down for City Collegiate. I decided to walk in. Who knew that the building was there the entire time!

So I walk in and walked right into the office. I told them who I was and they were all so nice. They told me to sit down and wait for the principal. I waited for what seemed like forever. Since the school just opened up, I was expecting for them to have so much for me to do. It was the exact opposite and I felt like I was just wasting my time. The principal was too busy so they just told me to go downstairs and walk around their first ever science fair. The kids were so cute and I actually saw some really cool projects. That was fun and all.

After the science fair, they told me to just go to the Afterschool program. I met with the teacher and he told me that one girl has an extreme case of bipolar disorder and the other ADHD. He said that they were both in danger of failing and that the afterschool program was the school's last resort for them. One of the mothers was even threatening to switch her daughter into a new school becuase of her poor grades. He even said that the girls were in danger of entering the special education program. I was just shocked. From everything that I've read so far, charter schools are supposed to be perfect solutions. Looks like they are full of their own problems as well.