LAMB or Stokes? PK 3

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[Post New]07/09/2015 03:49
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Anonymous wrote:LAMB would be my choice but not if a sibling attends another school. Some poster(s) always claims LAMB is not real Montessori anyway if that's your only reason for choosing.


It's not a claim. It's fact. If you know anything about Montessori, LAMB is definitely Montessori lite. Some people want that, but Montessori purists don't.


PP:can you explain how LAMB is montessori lite? We are a LAMB family. I have read several books on montessori and when I visit the LAMB classrooms, I don't see the lite part. What are the specific things done in a LAMB classroom that are different from a traditional montessori classroom?

This is not a defensive question. After a year of reading on this board that LAMB is montessori lite, I am honestly very curious about what I am missing here.....
[Post New]07/09/2015 05:30
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LAMB would be my choice but not if a sibling attends another school. Some poster(s) always claims LAMB is not real Montessori anyway if that's your only reason for choosing.


It's not a claim. It's fact. If you know anything about Montessori, LAMB is definitely Montessori lite. Some people want that, but Montessori purists don't.


PP:can you explain how LAMB is montessori lite? We are a LAMB family. I have read several books on montessori and when I visit the LAMB classrooms, I don't see the lite part. What are the specific things done in a LAMB classroom that are different from a traditional montessori classroom?

This is not a defensive question. After a year of reading on this board that LAMB is montessori lite, I am honestly very curious about what I am missing here.....


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[Post New]07/09/2015 08:01
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Anonymous
Lamb is not Montessori-lite. There is always some angry poster who makes this claim which is later shut down by parents who actually know the school.

[Post New]07/10/2015 12:10
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Anonymous
OP--what did you decide?!
[Post New]07/11/2015 20:49
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Anonymous
Stokes.
[Post New]07/11/2015 22:02
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Anonymous
Thanks for letting us know!!! And congrats!
[Post New]07/14/2015 11:35
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Anonymous wrote:Now if only we knew what WL # LAMB is on for Prek3.


I know someone in the high 20s who got called a week ago.
[Post New]07/14/2015 12:09
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Anonymous
That is good to know. we are high 20s but nothing yet!
[Post New]07/14/2015 12:34
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Anonymous
Interesting since we the low 20s and no call....
[Post New]07/14/2015 12:45
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Stokes.[/quote

OP since you are already a Stokes parent do you know of anyone else that might be leaving? We have a really low PreK3 wait list number for our DC and I am wondering if we should give up hope or continue to believe she might get in this school year?
[Post New]07/14/2015 16:04
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Anonymous wrote:Interesting since we the low 20s and no call....


I think you all may be talking about two different things. #1-27 from the lottery list were filled immediately. It was then stuck at #32 for several weeks. Now it is at #36.
[Post New]07/14/2015 16:23
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I just spoke with them and they gave us our WL # of very low 20s. If you add that number to 36, it equals our original number.
[Post New]07/14/2015 20:43
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Anonymous wrote:I just spoke with them and they gave us our WL # of very low 20s. If you add that number to 36, it equals our original number.


Did they think you still had a good shot? Fingers crossed!
[Post New]07/15/2015 12:37
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Anonymous wrote:Stokes.[/quote

OP since you are already a Stokes parent do you know of anyone else that might be leaving? We have a really low PreK3 wait list number for our DC and I am wondering if we should give up hope or continue to believe she might get in this school year?


OP here. Sorry, i don't. We were waitlisted at first as siblings this year . I would try again next year and K. We tried for two years before getting in. There is always the possibility that current families can move out of DC, which is what got us off the waitlist with DC1 (I only know this because I knew the family that moved). We also got in a week into school. It is likely at that point that, if the waitlist starts to move, it moves quickly bc the other waitlisted parents have already been placed somewhere and don't want to move their kids. I hope this helps!
[Post New]07/15/2015 15:28
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stokes.[/quote

OP since you are already a Stokes parent do you know of anyone else that might be leaving? We have a really low PreK3 wait list number for our DC and I am wondering if we should give up hope or continue to believe she might get in this school year?


OP here. Sorry, i don't. We were waitlisted at first as siblings this year . I would try again next year and K. We tried for two years before getting in. There is always the possibility that current families can move out of DC, which is what got us off the waitlist with DC1 (I only know this because I knew the family that moved). We also got in a week into school. It is likely at that point that, if the waitlist starts to move, it moves quickly bc the other waitlisted parents have already been placed somewhere and don't want to move their kids. I hope this helps!




Thanks, I will stay hopeful. I really appreciate the response.
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