WP Article on LAMB's failure to re-open

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

I would have expected that they would care about their mission, which is delivering bilingual Montessori education. I wonder if it matters that neither of these is well-served by DL.

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

Yes they can. They currently CHOOSE not to replace a third grader that leave.

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

Yes they can. They currently CHOOSE not to replace a third grader that leave.

they could but that would fundamentally change the school. it wouldnt really be an immersion school anymore if they started admitting third graders who dont speak a word of spanish.

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

Yes they can. They currently CHOOSE not to replace a third grader that leave.

they could but that would fundamentally change the school. it wouldnt really be an immersion school anymore if they started admitting third graders who dont speak a word of spanish.

Gasp....you mean it would be.............a DCPS immersion school???? Cue the horror and screeching.

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

Yes they can. They currently CHOOSE not to replace a third grader that leave.

they could but that would fundamentally change the school. it wouldnt really be an immersion school anymore if they started admitting third graders who dont speak a word of spanish.

Gasp....you mean it would be.............a DCPS immersion school???? Cue the horror and screeching.

You must not have a child at LAMB. Every first grader at LAMB speaks very good Spanish. If LAMB started admitting grade-school students who can't speak Spanish, they would have rethink every aspect of how the school operates.

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

Yes they can. They currently CHOOSE not to replace a third grader that leave.

they could but that would fundamentally change the school. it wouldnt really be an immersion school anymore if they started admitting third graders who dont speak a word of spanish.

Gasp....you mean it would be.............a DCPS immersion school???? Cue the horror and screeching.

You must not have a child at LAMB. Every first grader at LAMB speaks very good Spanish. If LAMB started admitting grade-school students who can't speak Spanish, they would have rethink every aspect of how the school operates.

They don’t seemed as concerned about this as you. If they were that concerned they would open so you wouldn’t leave. They aren’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

Yes they can. They currently CHOOSE not to replace a third grader that leave.

they could but that would fundamentally change the school. it wouldnt really be an immersion school anymore if they started admitting third graders who dont speak a word of spanish.

Gasp....you mean it would be.............a DCPS immersion school???? Cue the horror and screeching.

You seem agitated or like you have it out for charters.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Charters don’t really care about parents. They aren’t set up for that. Especially not LAMB. They have a massive waitlist and large donors. So leave or don’t. But threatening to leave is just dumb.

I agree that they aren't set up for parents (especially not LAMB), and I agree that LAMB won't care at all if many parents leave. I think other charters with shorter waitlists definitely are more responsive to parents, as retention is a factor in their Teir ranking, and they want to move up the Tier scale.

It does beg the question, though: What DOES matter to LAMB? What would make them listen to parents? Maybe a WP article? IDK. It doesn't seem like the board much cares about parents.

LAMB doesnt take new students after kindergarten. I assume if that grade school kids left, then the school would care because they get funded by how many students they have and they can't replace a third-grader who leaves.

Yes they can. They currently CHOOSE not to replace a third grader that leave.

they could but that would fundamentally change the school. it wouldnt really be an immersion school anymore if they started admitting third graders who dont speak a word of spanish.

Gasp....you mean it would be.............a DCPS immersion school???? Cue the horror and screeching.

You seem agitated or like you have it out for charters.

I’m PP and both my kids are at a charter. A Montessori charter, in fact. One that admits kids in grades higher than K.

The problem is LAMB thinks it’s special because of the waitlist and won’t admit kids. Well either they give in to parent demands or they don’t and you leave. Then they backfill or don’t and use their huge donor money. I guess all the parents will really find out how much LAMB cares about them.

[Anonymous]

And by the way, my kids school just announced yesterday that they are DL through Term 2. You don’t see the parents threatening to leave on an anonymous forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And by the way, my kids school just announced yesterday that they are DL through Term 2. You don’t see the parents threatening to leave on an anonymous forum.

Lol. Some assholes rant on an anonymous forum and that’s supposed to mean something?

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Anonymous wrote:And by the way, my kids school just announced yesterday that they are DL through Term 2. You don’t see the parents threatening to leave on an anonymous forum.

It's naive to think schools can stay closed indefinitely and parents won't react, especially when schools are opening up in most of the rest of the country. And look at the data. The population of Washington DC has started shrinking. When was the last time that happened? That will accelerate the longer schools remain closed.

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Anonymous wrote:And by the way, my kids school just announced yesterday that they are DL through Term 2. You don’t see the parents threatening to leave on an anonymous forum.

It's naive to think schools can stay closed indefinitely and parents won't react, especially when schools are opening up in most of the rest of the country. And look at the data. The population of Washington DC has started shrinking. When was the last time that happened? That will accelerate the longer schools remain closed.

Well I guess some beloved charters will be shuttering their doors.

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Anonymous wrote:And by the way, my kids school just announced yesterday that they are DL through Term 2. You don’t see the parents threatening to leave on an anonymous forum.

Do you have effective communication with your school's administration? How have they updated you on their re-opening metrics? Was the DL through Term 2 unexpected? Curious minds would like to know examples from satisfied people at charters.

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Anonymous wrote:African-American women are disproportionately like to a) get; b) die from COVID. There are also twice as likely as white people to be caring for elderly parents/relatives. Many white parents on DCUM use poor children (who they couldn't give zero effs about, normally) as a shield for their racist and misogynistic response to African-American teachers and the WTU. It is not laziness and a lack of caring for children that makes teacher skeptical about DCPS/DCPCS back to in-person school plans. It's fear and distrust. You have to counter fear and distrust with confidence building-measures like rapid testing and isolating students within the school building like they do in Scandinavia.

I'd suggest learning a little more before you slander people you don't know as racist. Almost two-thirds of the people who've died in DC from coronavirus are elderly (at least 70 years old). Most elderly people in DC are 1. African-American and 2. Female.

Do you mean libel?

Who do we think are taking care of elderly African-American women? Their African-American daughters, nieces, and daughters-in-law...wait for it...a lot of them work for DCPS or DCPCS.

Not at LAMB! LAMB is an extremely white school.

I mean, it's half Hispanic, about 15% African-American, and about a quarter white non-Hispanic.

Maybe that's a higher percentage of white kids than other schools, but I wouldn't call that "extremely white".

https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/2017_Equity_Report_Public%20Charter%20School_Latin%20American%20Montessori%20Bilingual%20PCS.pdf

The school could ask its African-American families how many are taking care of elderly relatives (the answer is probably close to zero), and if they want schools to reopen, instead of simply assuming. But that would require LAMB to consult with parents, which is not its strong suit.

I can't find rates specifically for DC (just totals), but at least on a wider scale death rates for Latino/as are similar to African Americans from covid.

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race

Not in DC. 75 percent of the people who've died were black. 13 percent were Hispanic (about the same as their share of the overall population).

More importantly, the number of people in DC dying from coronavirus has fallen consistently and dramatically. Here's the number of people who've died in DC each month, according to the city:

March -- 11 people
April -- 220 people
May -- 237 people
June -- 85 people
July -- 32 people
August -- 22 people
September -- 21 people
October -- 16 people

16 people is about how many people are murdered in DC each month.

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