Can a bilingual 5 year old Montessori child go in the lottery for LAMB?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, it is too bad that a child who is already in Montessori and has the target language can't apply for a lottery to fill any openings that occur due to attrition.

Not a parent at LAMB, but it may not just be Montessori. They build a culture at their school and may not want to disrupt that with training new kids in their methods.

Has anyone confirmed that they don't lottery in after PK-4?

They have their admission policy on their website.

http://www.lambpcs.org/policy/

[Anonymous]

LAMB is a public charter school in the District of Columbia, which means it is free and open to all DC residents. LAMB admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights privileges, programs and activities made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion or sexual orientation in any way. LAMB admissions will be offered to 3- and 4-year-olds whose parents submit applications. Children must be three or four years of age before September 30. If there are more applications to fill than number of available spaces, a lottery will be conducted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a public charter school in the District of Columbia, which means it is free and open to all DC residents. LAMB admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights privileges, programs and activities made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion or sexual orientation in any way. LAMB admissions will be offered to 3- and 4-year-olds whose parents submit applications. Children must be three or four years of age before September 30. If there are more applications to fill than number of available spaces, a lottery will be conducted.

It's in the charter for the school that kids have to be 3 or 4 to be in the lottery. And that does alleviate the school from deciding/picking this child over that child. What is truly "bilingual?" And attending Montessori for a few months somewhere else... would that count? A big problem for them to pick and choose; better to have a very solid policy that cuts off at an age where the kids can be biliterate/bilingual and also learn the Montessori method kind of equally.