LAMB closing its existing campuses and consolidating to one campus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For SY17-18 or SY18-19?

18-19

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kingsbury it is

That is awesome. Wonder where they are moving to? Did they barter?

[Anonymous]

Letter to parents alludes to the fact that Kingsbury deal is dependent on outside factors LAMB has no control over. Does that mean that transaction is still 50-50 or the fact that administration sent info to parents means that the deal is pretty much closed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Letter to parents alludes to the fact that Kingsbury deal is dependent on outside factors LAMB has no control over. Does that mean that transaction is still 50-50 or the fact that administration sent info to parents means that the deal is pretty much closed?

Better than 50-50 but could fall through.

Gotta get approved by PCSB for one thing.

[Anonymous]

We're a newly enrolled PK3 family. I've seen other posters reference a Yahoo Group. Is that something we can join now, and if so, what's the name of the group? A quick search of the Yahoo Groups page didn't come up with anything. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

You will be added yo Yahoo group after school starts. For now this is your best bet if you are trying to get inside info about the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You will be added yo Yahoo group after school starts. For now this is your best bet if you are trying to get inside info about the school.

Got it. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Letter to parents alludes to the fact that Kingsbury deal is dependent on outside factors LAMB has no control over. Does that mean that transaction is still 50-50 or the fact that administration sent info to parents means that the deal is pretty much closed?

Better than 50-50 but could fall through.

Gotta get approved by PCSB for one thing.

For parents that don't want to move, feel free to testify and write letters for this hearing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not gonna lie, if they move to Kingsbury, I will be thrilled! (LAMB parent here). The campus is beautiful - and within walking distance! Hopefully then they will consider some sort of bus system for the folks not in Ward 4.

If they don't, be prepared for a battle. Wards 5 6 7 8 won't let this slide.

[Anonymous]

I'm all for Kingsbury too. The prospect of safe green areas sounds amazing! Building looks beautiful too. If you are happy about this potential move feel free to testify and write letters too. At the end of the day they will never be able to please all parents so make peace with that and support or oppose the potential move as it suits your needs, we all have to pick our battles and live with or accept the outcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm all for Kingsbury too. The prospect of safe green areas sounds amazing! Building looks beautiful too. If you are happy about this potential move feel free to testify and write letters too. At the end of the day they will never be able to please all parents so make peace with that and support or oppose the potential move as it suits your needs, we all have to pick our battles and live with or accept the outcome.

And as a bonus, we can assure ourselves of more families from Ward 3 and less poor black kids all around! Yay!

(Just spelling it out so everyone realizes the real message behind "can't please all families").

[Anonymous]

NP here who won't be in the lottery for PK3 until 18-19. Kingsbury location is great for us, walking distance from our house! Did the letter say if this would mean more seats? or same size?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not gonna lie, if they move to Kingsbury, I will be thrilled! (LAMB parent here). The campus is beautiful - and within walking distance! Hopefully then they will consider some sort of bus system for the folks not in Ward 4.

If they don't, be prepared for a battle. Wards 5 6 7 8 won't let this slide.

LAMB is not going to organize a bus system. If parents want one, the parents will have to organize and pay for it.

Wards 6, 7, and 8 account for 12% of current enrollment. A material percentage, but still very much a minority. I don't know how much W5 families (as I'm not one) will fight a consolidation at Kingsbury. We, parents, knew Walter Reed is our future for MS and HS.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here who won't be in the lottery for PK3 until 18-19. Kingsbury location is great for us, walking distance from our house! Did the letter say if this would mean more seats? or same size?

Letter was silent but I would imagine total enrollment will not change. LAMB just received approval in 2016 to raise its population over the course of ten or so years.

[Anonymous]

I'm so excited about the space and having a permanent location. I'm in full support of it, and I hope LAMB works with families to figure out transit needs. I like that the school will stay in Ward 4, which has the highest % of Latino families in the city. That's important to us as a Latino family in Ward 4 (who has many black, white, and multiracial neighbors).