Bogota - School Report Question and Answers
For the following attributes, down to the next blank box, grade your experience at the school on a scale of A (excellent) to F (unacceptable/terrible) and provide comments:<br><br>Overall fair and equitable treatment of all students and families:
In our experience, the local Colombian kids are favored over the foreign kids. - Mar 2015
Being Americans, we weren't sure about going to a British school, but my son fit in just fine and loved the international community. I haven't met anyone who didn't feel like they were an equal and appreciated part of the school. - Feb 2015
A - CGB did an excellent job of treating us all the same. I never felt like our nationality or that of the teachers or faculty ever affected our treatment or that of other students. - Jan 2015
The local Colombian kids seem to be favored by the staff over the American kids. - Aug 2014
C.In the only specific instance of disciplinary action with which we were involved, the school came down very hard on our child (to the point of affecting her future post-CNG) and, in my opinion, not with her best interests at heart.There was no flexibility shown.However, extreme flexibility exists in regard to local families (this based on both knowledge of specific instances and students' general observations/interpretations). As well, it's very evident from Annual General Meetings that you are a foreigner attending a US-style Colombian school (it is not an "American" school, it is a Colombian school with a US curriculum and teachers/admin).This is fine with us; we like this combination -- but you should not expect to have an influential voice in any decisionmaking with regard to the school, or have any influence or be treated as someone the administration is trying to keep satisfied or pleased.You are a visitor in the school. - May 2012
A: There are more local kids than ex-pats. This is the case with all private schools here. This is not an 'international' school per se. There are none here. This is a Colombian private school with a British curriculum and system, a British rector and many British teachers. A percentage of ex-pat kids and a majority of Colombian kids. - Sep 2010
