LAMB closing its existing campuses and consolidating to one campus

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You're right, it was a poor choice to spend that much time each day driving my child to a top DC elementary school

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I meant the one before the PP. such negativity.

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Anonymous wrote:I meant the one before the PP. such negativity.

Show some sympathy for those displaced from lamb due to this move and we will be nicer to you.

Selfish white people. Why am I even surprised?

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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.

Then be prepared for letters to come in from parents who feel this is a great way to whiten the white school.


And also be prepared for us to testify to the fact that other schools are expanding into wards 8 (Mundo, stokes). Why should lamb be approved to go in the other direction. We will force their hand.

And of course I love how this move, so close to another good bilingual school reduces bilingual access to the rest of the city. Now the rich get two tries to get into a bilingual school.

I don't care what the school wants or doesn't want. They will be forced into it.

So what would make you happy a move to the poor SE as opposed to "rich" Ward 4? Or are you upset because you live in the NE and LAMB is not moving there? The school is already a white school, are you working towards integrating "poor Latino families" at the school? do you socialize with them and invite them to your house for dinner? Because the way I see it every morning the white parents greet and chat with each other and the poor Latino parents chat with each other or run out the door to their jobs. Have you ever noticed that the listserve is used by white parents or well educated Latinos but not working class Latinos? Go and testify and try to force the school's hand, I suspect that such efforts will not change the course of this deal. You should know that if they are letting parents know then there's 80% chance this deal is almost done.

How is LAMB a white school?

Black 14%
White non-Hispanic 27%
Latino 51%
Multiracial 5%

ELL 37.4%
Economically disadvantaged 27.8%
Special Education 12%

Hmm have you seen the kids at the school lately? Check your kid's classroom list and tell me how many true Latino students are in each classroom. The bilingual immersion model is at jeopardy at LAMB because they are not getting enough Spanish speaking students and have instead focused on growing the school to cater to white and wealthier families, there are families that had kids with Latino nannies and speak a few words of Spanish and thus the school qualifies those kids as Spanish speaking. I know many people at LAMB who are in the "Latino" group for school census purposes but the only Latino thing about them is their last name. LAMB had a Latino majority years ago, the demographic has changed dramatically as it has changed for the rest of the city.

What does "true Latino" mean?

LAMB does not have a separate lottery for Spanish dominant children. I don't think the PCSB allows it. The demographics are changing because a broader group of families is entering the lottery. The way to get more Latinos and native speakers in the school is to increase outreach so that they are aware of the program and its separate lottery. I know the school had Spanish language brochures and targeted outreach this year but they could probably do more.

As for the move, I suspect it is driven by real estate availability. The bus question is interesting. Someone should ask MV families how that bus is working out. I think the school almost cancelled it at one time.

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Anonymous wrote:If DC really cared about making the charter system "fair" for everyone, the DC government would provide busing options for all charter students. You can't blame LAMB for relocating in the ward where many current families live and the ward that has the highest Latino population in the city.

You CAN blame LAMB for refusing to explore busing students from other Wards though. That does make them seem exclusionary.

funny. former parent here who had a 30 minute commute to SD location. never once thought the school exclusionary because they weren't giving my kid a ride to school. it was my choice to attend that school, and stay there after the move to NE, therefore my responsibility to deal with the transport.

I agree with this sentiment. The school should engage in a discussion to see if it can help with bus issues, but that should not be an expectation. If anything, we need to pressure the DC govt to make that provision. Parents who are commuting to Lamb from the Hill or other far off distances, I am really impressed by your commitment. Even if bussing is provided and it makes the commute easier for you as parent, it is potentially a very long commute for your little one, esp. if we're talking PK-3 and PK-4. Sure, Lamb is great, but is it really worth it?

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My only complaint is that I wish LAMB could move into Kingsbury for 2017-2018. This location will be so much better for ALL kids. The outdoor space alone is reason to smile. I, for one, cannot wait.

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Where is Kingsbury going? They serve many higher needs DC kids with disabilities -- many of them are placed there by their DCPS or charter school that has failed to serve them appropriately .

Those families are going to be affected -- and they all face many more challenges than a LAMB family -- and no one gives it a thought.

Kingsbury families learned of it from DCUM. Could LAMB not have coordinated with Kingsbury at a minimum?

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Anonymous wrote:Where is Kingsbury going? They serve many higher needs DC kids with disabilities -- many of them are placed there by their DCPS or charter school that has failed to serve them appropriately .

Those families are going to be affected -- and they all face many more challenges than a LAMB family -- and no one gives it a thought.

Kingsbury families learned of it from DCUM. Could LAMB not have coordinated with Kingsbury at a minimum?

Is that true? I heard they serve primarily MoVo kids so may be moving up that way. I'm not stating this as a fact, just what I heard.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is Kingsbury going? They serve many higher needs DC kids with disabilities -- many of them are placed there by their DCPS or charter school that has failed to serve them appropriately .

Those families are going to be affected -- and they all face many more challenges than a LAMB family -- and no one gives it a thought.

Kingsbury families learned of it from DCUM. Could LAMB not have coordinated with Kingsbury at a minimum?

Is that true? I heard they serve primarily MoVo kids so may be moving up that way. I'm not stating this as a fact, just what I heard.

MoCo, I mean.

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So Kingsbury people are insisting on the Spec Needs board that Kingsbury isn't moving.

Someone is wrong, or perhaps they will co-locate?

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Anonymous wrote:Where is Kingsbury going? They serve many higher needs DC kids with disabilities -- many of them are placed there by their DCPS or charter school that has failed to serve them appropriately .

Those families are going to be affected -- and they all face many more challenges than a LAMB family -- and no one gives it a thought.

Kingsbury families learned of it from DCUM. Could LAMB not have coordinated with Kingsbury at a minimum?

Is that true? I heard they serve primarily MoVo kids so may be moving up that way. I'm not stating this as a fact, just what I heard.

I don't know how many total students are enrolled at Kingsbury.

There are 71 students there that DC OSSE is paying the tuition for -- 55 from DCPS; 16 from various charter schools.

692 DC special needs students total are in DC-funded private placements.

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Anonymous wrote:If DC really cared about making the charter system "fair" for everyone, the DC government would provide busing options for all charter students. You can't blame LAMB for relocating in the ward where many current families live and the ward that has the highest Latino population in the city.

You CAN blame LAMB for refusing to explore busing students from other Wards though. That does make them seem exclusionary.

funny. former parent here who had a 30 minute commute to SD location. never once thought the school exclusionary because they weren't giving my kid a ride to school. it was my choice to attend that school, and stay there after the move to NE, therefore my responsibility to deal with the transport.

I agree with this sentiment. The school should engage in a discussion to see if it can help with bus issues, but that should not be an expectation. If anything, we need to pressure the DC govt to make that provision. Parents who are commuting to Lamb from the Hill or other far off distances, I am really impressed by your commitment. Even if bussing is provided and it makes the commute easier for you as parent, it is potentially a very long commute for your little one, esp. if we're talking PK-3 and PK-4. Sure, Lamb is great, but is it really worth it?

If lamb wants to pressure the DC government to do so, they should. But this is not what other schools do. They actually care about their students so they have shuttles that they subsidize and administer.

PP, I don't want to uproot my children from a school they know and love and a community they know and love. It is utterly disgraceful of you to imply that we should just leave. I am disgusted and unsurprised.

I hope all of you support parents of wards 5 6 7 and 8 in pressuring the school to have shuttle buses in place for our children.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is Kingsbury going? They serve many higher needs DC kids with disabilities -- many of them are placed there by their DCPS or charter school that has failed to serve them appropriately .

Those families are going to be affected -- and they all face many more challenges than a LAMB family -- and no one gives it a thought.

Kingsbury families learned of it from DCUM. Could LAMB not have coordinated with Kingsbury at a minimum?

Lamb and most lamb parents don't give a rats's a$$ about the Kingsbury students or any kids who can't attend lamb if it moves. They only care about moving to a fancy new building so they can convince themselves they're getting a free private education. Who cares about anything else?

Hypocrites.

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Anonymous wrote:So Kingsbury people are insisting on the Spec Needs board that Kingsbury isn't moving.

Someone is wrong, or perhaps they will co-locate?

Link here: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/643818.page

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