Academic experience at Mundo Verde in the 1st-3rd grade years

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Anonymous wrote:From what I hear it is only passable. I think so much of the school's time, energy, and funding goes into Spanish, there is not as much left for other things. The same could be said for the students' mental bandwidth and time. I know the parent group has a committee on the topic.

With DCI no longer a guarantee, I would expect higher attrition in upper elementary as people may seek to lock down a middle and high school path via Latin, Basis, Wilson feeders, or the burbs. So that would mean a smaller cohort or backfilling with kids who may be less academically prepared.

Don’t think so. Much, much better chance of getting in DCI than Latin, Basis, Wilson feeders OOB. And 0 chance of going to the IB middle and high school. We know many families who are not interested in moving WOTP take the long view with MV and DCI and know the odds unlike you.

Right but you can't know about DCI until the 6th grade lottery. So why not see how you do in the 5th grade lottery? Also, some kids have siblings elsewhere.

This is nonresponsive to OP’s question. The answer to that is simple, not good.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I hear it is only passable. I think so much of the school's time, energy, and funding goes into Spanish, there is not as much left for other things. The same could be said for the students' mental bandwidth and time. I know the parent group has a committee on the topic.

With DCI no longer a guarantee, I would expect higher attrition in upper elementary as people may seek to lock down a middle and high school path via Latin, Basis, Wilson feeders, or the burbs. So that would mean a smaller cohort or backfilling with kids who may be less academically prepared.

Don’t think so. Much, much better chance of getting in DCI than Latin, Basis, Wilson feeders OOB. And 0 chance of going to the IB middle and high school. We know many families who are not interested in moving WOTP take the long view with MV and DCI and know the odds unlike you.

Right but you can't know about DCI until the 6th grade lottery. So why not see how you do in the 5th grade lottery? Also, some kids have siblings elsewhere.

This is nonresponsive to OP’s question. The answer to that is simple, not good.

Yes it is responsive. Latin takes amost nobody for 6th, which is when DCI starts. So if someone wanted the option of Latin, they would lottery for it in 5th and leave their DCI feeder. You can lottery for a Wilson feeder in any year. Cumulatively, some number of people will peel off for the sure thing of Latin/Basis/Wilson before the DCI lottery for 6th grade happens. Or just move to the burbs with a good IB whenever they decide to. Hence, higher attrition in upper elementary.

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Did you even read the OP, pp above??

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I'm confused why you're asking about the new school - you do realize that right now the new school only has PK and K? There is no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade to evaluate at the Calle Ocho campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you even read the OP, pp above??

Indeed I did. It was about academic rigor through 3rd. And I think the loss of DCI guarantee will increase attrition and dampen performance in upper elementary. Latin and BASIS affect it for 5th, but Wilson feeders can take OOB kids evwry year, and people can move whenever.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm confused why you're asking about the new school - you do realize that right now the new school only has PK and K? There is no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade to evaluate at the Calle Ocho campus.

Opinions of MVP are relevant, especially because they claim they will move some teachers over.

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OP here - thanks to everyone who responded!!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks to everyone who responded!!

Best of luck to your little ones. Come back and tell us what you chose.

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Also, don't make a decision for your family based on what you read on DCUM. This goes for any school. Only the very fervent supporters or detractors take time in this space. The other 99% of us are somewhere in between.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, don't make a decision for your family based on what you read on DCUM. This goes for any school. Only the very fervent supporters or detractors take time in this space. The other 99% of us are somewhere in between.

I don't know, I read a lot of in between posts here. But I agree you should probably give the in betweeners more weight and beware of the super negative or positive on any school. Usually there are both, unless something is seriously wrong at the school in which case you'll get a ton of negative (ahem, SSMA).

What you should do is use detailed feedback from those who clearly attend the school to then ask questions either of the school or of current parents directly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, don't make a decision for your family based on what you read on DCUM. This goes for any school. Only the very fervent supporters or detractors take time in this space. The other 99% of us are somewhere in between.

I don't know, I read a lot of in between posts here. But I agree you should probably give the in betweeners more weight and beware of the super negative or positive on any school. Usually there are both, unless something is seriously wrong at the school in which case you'll get a ton of negative (ahem, SSMA).

What you should do is use detailed feedback from those who clearly attend the school to then ask questions either of the school or of current parents directly.

+100. What's notable in this thread is nobody stepping up to validate MV academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, don't make a decision for your family based on what you read on DCUM. This goes for any school. Only the very fervent supporters or detractors take time in this space. The other 99% of us are somewhere in between.

I don't know, I read a lot of in between posts here. But I agree you should probably give the in betweeners more weight and beware of the super negative or positive on any school. Usually there are both, unless something is seriously wrong at the school in which case you'll get a ton of negative (ahem, SSMA).

What you should do is use detailed feedback from those who clearly attend the school to then ask questions either of the school or of current parents directly.

+100. What's notable in this thread is nobody stepping up to validate MV academics.

My child doesn’t go to MVP but I can tell you it’s much better than our IB neighborhood school. The cohort is also much better performing. And keep in mind that many who post negative comments don’t say where their child goes to school and how it compares to MV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, don't make a decision for your family based on what you read on DCUM. This goes for any school. Only the very fervent supporters or detractors take time in this space. The other 99% of us are somewhere in between.

I don't know, I read a lot of in between posts here. But I agree you should probably give the in betweeners more weight and beware of the super negative or positive on any school. Usually there are both, unless something is seriously wrong at the school in which case you'll get a ton of negative (ahem, SSMA).

What you should do is use detailed feedback from those who clearly attend the school to then ask questions either of the school or of current parents directly.

+100. What's notable in this thread is nobody stepping up to validate MV academics.

My child doesn’t go to MVP but I can tell you it’s much better than our IB neighborhood school. The cohort is also much better performing. And keep in mind that many who post negative comments don’t say where their child goes to school and how it compares to MV.

Better than your IB is faint praise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, don't make a decision for your family based on what you read on DCUM. This goes for any school. Only the very fervent supporters or detractors take time in this space. The other 99% of us are somewhere in between.

I don't know, I read a lot of in between posts here. But I agree you should probably give the in betweeners more weight and beware of the super negative or positive on any school. Usually there are both, unless something is seriously wrong at the school in which case you'll get a ton of negative (ahem, SSMA).

What you should do is use detailed feedback from those who clearly attend the school to then ask questions either of the school or of current parents directly.

+100. What's notable in this thread is nobody stepping up to validate MV academics.

My child doesn’t go to MVP but I can tell you it’s much better than our IB neighborhood school. The cohort is also much better performing. And keep in mind that many who post negative comments don’t say where their child goes to school and how it compares to MV.

We know many families who want MV because of language immersion at a school with a good cohort of native Spanish speaking kids and families, and overall a higher performing group of kids. Won’t change a bit no matter how the non-MV families here attack the school, some families of which who are bitter because they see many leave for charters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, don't make a decision for your family based on what you read on DCUM. This goes for any school. Only the very fervent supporters or detractors take time in this space. The other 99% of us are somewhere in between.

I don't know, I read a lot of in between posts here. But I agree you should probably give the in betweeners more weight and beware of the super negative or positive on any school. Usually there are both, unless something is seriously wrong at the school in which case you'll get a ton of negative (ahem, SSMA).

What you should do is use detailed feedback from those who clearly attend the school to then ask questions either of the school or of current parents directly.

+100. What's notable in this thread is nobody stepping up to validate MV academics.

My child doesn’t go to MVP but I can tell you it’s much better than our IB neighborhood school. The cohort is also much better performing. And keep in mind that many who post negative comments don’t say where their child goes to school and how it compares to MV.

We know many families who want MV because of language immersion at a school with a good cohort of native Spanish speaking kids and families, and overall a higher performing group of kids. Won’t change a bit no matter how the non-MV families here attack the school, some families of which who are bitter because they see many leave for charters.

+100 or perhaps they are on the waitlist