LAMB Enrollment Increase

[Anonymous]

All of our schools- charter or DCPS- should be held accountable to ensure that students are learning in safe environments. Bonus if the kids are having fun, learning is with engaged staff, and administration who is supportive and fosters a collaborative approach both with families and staff.

- From a family who has experienced the best- and worst- of both types of schools

Hear, hear!

Please stop blaming the kids, or implying that they are the problem. If there's an issue between kids, the school should have the resources to sort it out. One of the best kids in my child's class was "encouraged to leave" their previous charter. You know what? They are a great kid. Brilliant. Caring. Fantastic. I honestly don't know what was up with the previous school, but I know it wasn't this kid's issue.

[Anonymous]

And none of the recent PPs are discussing the LAMB expansion, but only making sweeping statements about how charters should have the resources to control kids. Um great?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to stop saying that charter schools are "taking" public money. They are public schools that happen to have the word charter attached to them. By law they are to receive public funding for the number of kids that are enrolled. Just like DCPS. They aren't "taking" public money that doesn't belong to them. Specialized DCPS neighborhood schools get to set some rules about enrollment, and they are publicly funded just like DCPS charters. My taxpayer dollars don't distinguish between DCPS neighborhood schools and DCPS charter schools. You may not like charter schools, but you can't suggest their ability to receive public money should be any different than neighborhood schools.

This. Yes. Really agree.

I know of another family that left MV, also do to poor classroom experience- and management by the principal. The kids in that class- also there since PK, so not a question of newcomers to the language or immersion experience.

All of our schools- charter or DCPS- should be held accountable to ensure that students are learning in safe environments. Bonus if the kids are having fun, learning is with engaged staff, and administration who is supportive and fosters a collaborative approach both with families and staff.

- From a family who has experienced the best- and worst- of both types of schools

22:45 here and I agree. For the record, we are at a charter school. I agree that all schools should be held accountable.

I couldn't agree more!

(That's why we're at a HRC, our neighborhood DCPS can't seem to be held accountable for anything.)

[Anonymous]

The children at our neighborhood school are being stolen from. It's terrible. I'm so grateful that we got a spot at a HRCS and pray for the improvement of our neighborhood school. Fix neighborhood schools please.