LAMB vs. Mann

[Anonymous]

Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

[Anonymous]

It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

[Anonymous]

You can't really yadda yadda over the Spanish and Montessori. They're schools with two totally different educational methodologies, plus the Spanish. I think Mann is a better school overall with a stronger high school pathway, so unless I was confident in Montessori (particularly in upper elementary) and/or really wanted Spanish, I'd choose Mann.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

Stronger Administration - Mann is getting a new Principal Next year so it is an unknown. Previously I would have said that the long term Mann Principal who was well regarded by the school community was a big +

Academics - Mann may perform higher on tests but if you look at LAMB scores in the details by subset - they look the same and this is entirely driven by socio economic factors

Socialization - if a child using a racial slur is a part of that - just be aware of some of the recent challenges at Mann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/prominent-scholar-says-a-racist-slur-was-hurled-at-his-6-year-old-grandson-at-a-dc-public-elementary-school/2019/05/01/ead88da6-6cca-4d8c-9414-d4270dda75a9_story.html

[Anonymous]

What are the reasons you want to leave LAMB? I know the administration is not the strongest, but are there any other issues?

[Anonymous]

How does your commute to the middle/high schools look if you end up staying long term?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

Stronger Administration - Mann is getting a new Principal Next year so it is an unknown. Previously I would have said that the long term Mann Principal who was well regarded by the school community was a big +

Academics - Mann may perform higher on tests but if you look at LAMB scores in the details by subset - they look the same and this is entirely driven by socio economic factors

Socialization - if a child using a racial slur is a part of that - just be aware of some of the recent challenges at Mann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/prominent-scholar-says-a-racist-slur-was-hurled-at-his-6-year-old-grandson-at-a-dc-public-elementary-school/2019/05/01/ead88da6-6cca-4d8c-9414-d4270dda75a9_story.html

Alright, this is not accurate and easily verifiable through the OSSE school report cards. LAMB is 7% at-risk and Mann is 2% at-risk. In 2019 (so grain of salt), white kids that were meeting or exceeding expectations are:

ELA:
LAMB 83%
Mann 85%

Math:
LAMB 55%
Mann 78%

Plus black kids (not all of whom are at-risk!!) do much better at Mann. The discrepancy in math scores is significant and not due to socio-economic factors.

[Anonymous]

Also, the PP who stated that there are racial challenges at Mann is out of line. That article references a minor incident from 3.5 years ago that was well-handled and successfully resolved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, the PP who stated that there are racial challenges at Mann is out of line. That article references a minor incident from 3.5 years ago that was well-handled and successfully resolved.

It was probably a LAMB parent. There are also old articles about LAMB in the Washington post, but if you cite those the post gets deleted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, the PP who stated that there are racial challenges at Mann is out of line. That article references a minor incident from 3.5 years ago that was well-handled and successfully resolved.

It was probably a LAMB parent. There are also old articles about LAMB in the Washington post, but if you cite those the post gets deleted.

+1. Yeah that article was from before COVID, and according to the story the incident was handled very well. That sounds like a good thing for Mann. I would be confident that bullying and hate speech isn’t tolerated or swept under the rug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Holy Batman, take a gander at their PARCC scores before calling someone a racist pos. Mann does FAR better than LAMB for ELL, black, and hispanic/latino kids. I'd ask Jeff to delete your name calling, but you're so flat out wrong that it's funny and should be left up so other's can see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Way to jump to conclusions. PP said nothing of the sort. You are dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Holy Batman, take a gander at their PARCC scores before calling someone a racist pos. Mann does FAR better than LAMB for ELL, black, and hispanic/latino kids. I'd ask Jeff to delete your name calling, but you're so flat out wrong that it's funny and should be left up so other's can see.

PARCC scores do not equal better academics. Stop using them as a metric.

Also, it has been proven that standardized test scores are correlated almost directly to household SES and race. So...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Holy Batman, take a gander at their PARCC scores before calling someone a racist pos. Mann does FAR better than LAMB for ELL, black, and hispanic/latino kids. I'd ask Jeff to delete your name calling, but you're so flat out wrong that it's funny and should be left up so other's can see.

PARCC scores do not equal better academics. Stop using them as a metric.

Also, it has been proven that standardized test scores are correlated almost directly to household SES and race. So...

Should add this is a DP; not the person you were originally mad at.