08-26-2009, 04:14 PM
All I can do is speak from my own personal experience. A few years back, I had both my children at Oakdale. There are some nice teachers, some not so great. We moved north of the area and discovered that my youngest was illiterate. Thankfully, he had an excellent teacher that worked hard with us to bring him up to class speed by end of year. My advise pay attention to tests, papers, etc. your grandchild is bringing home. If there is a whiff of phonetic spelling allowed, discourage it immediately and be willing to be teacher as well at home. Good Luck!