What didn't you like about CM?

[Anonymous]

Young teachers. Still it's amazing.

[Anonymous]

17 kids really. 15- 17, and all prek and ps and k have 17 kids. Still great!

[Anonymous]

17 kids really. 15- 17, and all prek and ps and k have 17 kids. Still great!

how many teachers per class of 15 to 17?

[Anonymous]

2

[Anonymous]

We had exactly 15 in our PK class.

[Anonymous]

Well bridges also has two teachers to 16-17 kids; Haynes three teachers to 21....is cm so unusual here?

[Anonymous]

15 kids all the way through 5th is pretty unusual for public school in the area.

[Anonymous]

Yu Ying has 18:2 and for inclusive classrooms with several kids with IEP/504 the ratio is 17/18:3 with 2 teachers and a Mandarin speaking sp Ed teacher in the Chinese classroom and an reading specialist in the English classroom. This is the target ratio for all grades although the higher classes are smaller due to attrition.

The charters overall seem to have smaller classrooms than DCPS or even MoCo and Fairfax public schools.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. But I doesn't seem like the Charters are outperforming those other schools. I know a Bethesda elementary K class w 28 kids and 1 teacher. I suppose it is all a mixed bag. Where is CM rumored to end up when it's current lease ends? Is the Hill a consideration?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. But I doesn't seem like the Charters are outperforming those other schools. I know a Bethesda elementary K class w 28 kids and 1 teacher. I suppose it is all a mixed bag. Where is CM rumored to end up when it's current lease ends? Is the Hill a consideration?

The charters are relatively new. Most have been in existence for less than 5 yrs with CM only a year old so it's probably not fair to compare it to Bethesda elementary which has adult alumni.

[Anonymous]

Do kids at the Charters have to take all the standardized tests or are they exempt like the Private/Independent schools?

[Anonymous]

Unfair to compare public schools in a wealthy area like McLean/Betheada to an urban Charter school serving DC kids from all economic backgrounds.

[Anonymous]

Charter school students have to take all the same tests like other public school students.

[Anonymous]

There are NOT a lot of poor kids at Creative Minds. The school seems to have drawn from middle and upper middle class families. Similar to Inspired Teaching and Mundo Verde.

[Anonymous]

Nevertheless CM and other charters certainly have more FARM kids than any WoP DCPS elementaries and certainly more than Bethesda/CC elementary schools.