His building is clean with no problems with water, toilets or unsafe construction. He has textbooks,homework and a written schedule. I can already tell that the curriculum is so much better than the IPC crap he was "studying" last year at Al Jazeera. I love the fact that they let students arrive early to unwind before class and wait inside until they get picked up (My daughters school is very strict that students must exit the building immediately after school and wait in the scorching heat until they are picked up).

My son did mention that some teachers haven't arrived yet because they are waiting for visas, so apparently there are staffing issues that are up in the air. In addition, the busing situation is still being finalized. Personally, I am willing to tolerate these unfinished matters as long as my son is excited about learning and is given a strong curriculum, which I think is the case here.

InDoha, what the grades of your friend's children?