We have also had an experience similar to MichelleC's, with a teacher who had been an AMAZING administrator as we entered the school, and a terrific resource in that capacity, and who had GT background and a fantastic reputation...

but then when my DD had her as a teacher, she was totally AWOL because of external factors (a heinous administrator micromanaging her contact with kids, plus she was doing an advanced degree on the side at the time); it was easily one of the worst years EVER.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.