Lee Montessori infant and toddler program

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You seem confused by the term public I think. Public schools must take anyone, at all times. Charter schools can limit admission. This is why you see Janney, for example, grow in size despite large classrooms because they have to take everyone. Creative Minds charter school has small class sizes because they can say "it's part of our charter to have small classrooms". Otherwise charter schools would balloon in size and they would become essentially public schools, not public charter schools.

Charter schools ARE public schools. Where does Logan fit into this world you describe? It's a DCPS and they limit admission to those with previous Montessori experience. That blows your "must take anyone at all times" theory out of the water.

Lee DOES NOT RESTRICT ACCESS. If there are open spots beyond K they fill them. I don't even know why you are so hell bent on having this argument. Yes, it is advantageous to keep your classes filled with kids who started in PK3, but no-one is denying access to a 1st or 2nd grader. And next year, if there are open spots in 3rd grade, no doubt they will be filled too.

Lee does limit admission as the waitlist far out numbers the number of kids admitted.

And i was discussing dcps versus charter schools. Logan is not a by-right dcps school. As in, there is no guaranteed admission for inbounds kids.

Lee does not restrict access beyond a certain grade. If there are places available they are allocated by lottery. The charter board has to approve any increase in numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You seem confused by the term public I think. Public schools must take anyone, at all times. Charter schools can limit admission. This is why you see Janney, for example, grow in size despite large classrooms because they have to take everyone. Creative Minds charter school has small class sizes because they can say "it's part of our charter to have small classrooms". Otherwise charter schools would balloon in size and they would become essentially public schools, not public charter schools.

Charter schools ARE public schools. Where does Logan fit into this world you describe? It's a DCPS and they limit admission to those with previous Montessori experience. That blows your "must take anyone at all times" theory out of the water.

Lee DOES NOT RESTRICT ACCESS. If there are open spots beyond K they fill them. I don't even know why you are so hell bent on having this argument. Yes, it is advantageous to keep your classes filled with kids who started in PK3, but no-one is denying access to a 1st or 2nd grader. And next year, if there are open spots in 3rd grade, no doubt they will be filled too.

Lee does limit admission as the waitlist far out numbers the number of kids admitted.

And i was discussing dcps versus charter schools. Logan is not a by-right dcps school. As in, there is no guaranteed admission for inbounds kids.

Lee does not restrict access beyond a certain grade. If there are places available they are allocated by lottery. The charter board has to approve any increase in numbers.

This is exactly what I said. And the reason the charter board has to approve the increase is to ensure that any increase does not violate the charter on which Lee was opened (and other things such as financials etc). Because if Lee did not limit admission to only a select number of students, it whole be like a traditional public neighborhood school. Take Maury for instance- it's numbers have ballooned over the past few years as people raise children in Capitol Hill. It would like to limit its numbers and reduce its class sizes- but it can't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You seem confused by the term public I think. Public schools must take anyone, at all times. Charter schools can limit admission. This is why you see Janney, for example, grow in size despite large classrooms because they have to take everyone. Creative Minds charter school has small class sizes because they can say "it's part of our charter to have small classrooms". Otherwise charter schools would balloon in size and they would become essentially public schools, not public charter schools.

Charter schools ARE public schools. Where does Logan fit into this world you describe? It's a DCPS and they limit admission to those with previous Montessori experience. That blows your "must take anyone at all times" theory out of the water.

Lee DOES NOT RESTRICT ACCESS. If there are open spots beyond K they fill them. I don't even know why you are so hell bent on having this argument. Yes, it is advantageous to keep your classes filled with kids who started in PK3, but no-one is denying access to a 1st or 2nd grader. And next year, if there are open spots in 3rd grade, no doubt they will be filled too.

Neighborhood DCPS schools must take anyone. That's not a theory. There are some specialized ones like CHML and Duke Ellington, but those are not neighborhood schools. These concepts have been explained to you several times. It seems that you're both unwilling and unable to understand at this point. Take a step back and calm down. You're very hostile.

[Anonymous]

Or, it can be a positive experience that makes learning fun for all kids, and allows them to each work at their own level in a way that their traditional public school did not.

I think it's nice to talk about allowing infants to get a Montessori nest experience, in order to help them "overcome" their--wait, actually, I don't think that's nice. I think it's a little condescending to the families involved. The families you want to invest their children in your school.

I'm sorry your experience with older kids hadn't been as good as ours. Any older children adapting to any new school is challenging. Adding cursive and a new math structure to that takes effort, but the payoff is good.

I'm pretty sure every Montessori charters public school in DC has something about providing a Montessori environment to a diverse group of kids in its charter. (Or... Bylaws or whatever they call it at logan.) Why don't we celebrate that and make sure it is true.

[jsteele]

I tried to clean this thread up a bit, but it's just beyond what I have time to do now. I really don't understand why every Lee thread turns into a train wreck. It's really astonishing. But, because there is no reason to continue this argument, I'm going to lock the thread.