Breakthrough Location

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In the school's defense, they completely revamped their recruitment this year to try and increase their underserved populations. It was a big focus on their recruitment for this year's lottery.

Are they still eliminating free/low cost aftercare?

It's hard to fund that, PP. There are always trade offs.

I don't disagree, but that was their hook to get underserved children last year (and one of the strategies in the original application).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the school's defense, they completely revamped their recruitment this year to try and increase their underserved populations. It was a big focus on their recruitment for this year's lottery.

Are they still eliminating free/low cost aftercare?

It's hard to fund that, PP. There are always trade offs.

I don't disagree, but that was their hook to get underserved children last year (and one of the strategies in the original application).

And maybe they weren't able to provide it because they couldn't fund it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the school's defense, they completely revamped their recruitment this year to try and increase their underserved populations. It was a big focus on their recruitment for this year's lottery.

Are they still eliminating free/low cost aftercare?

It's hard to fund that, PP. There are always trade offs.

I don't disagree, but that was their hook to get underserved children last year (and one of the strategies in the original application).

It'll be on a sliding scale, per what was discussed at the last SHA meeting, but the full plan hasn't been released yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm very shocked that this Montessori School that claims that it wants to serve underserved children is still locating in gentrification central.

Very shocked.
(not shocked at all)

Shut up.

Does it hurt when someone points out your hypocrisy?

Why cant a school also serve higher SES children?

It can. But Breakthrough's application, more than many others, made a big point of saying they wanted to come to DC and bring a Montessori education to disadvantaged children, because the other Montessori schools (LAMB, Lee and SS weren't serving those families). They projected and said they were committed to serving a high need population.

Once the charter was approved, they opened temporarily in Petworth and have a mostly affluent student body (of the 81 students enrolled, the percentage of students who are economically disadvantaged is not even knowable, because it is less than 10 students). Now because they are established there, they will prioritize staying in Petworth.

Where are you getting your information, you're not even close.....They have over 90 students in the building. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Thanks for playing, try again next time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm very shocked that this Montessori School that claims that it wants to serve underserved children is still locating in gentrification central.

Very shocked.
(not shocked at all)

Shut up.

Does it hurt when someone points out your hypocrisy?

Why cant a school also serve higher SES children?

It can. But Breakthrough's application, more than many others, made a big point of saying they wanted to come to DC and bring a Montessori education to disadvantaged children, because the other Montessori schools (LAMB, Lee and SS weren't serving those families). They projected and said they were committed to serving a high need population.

Once the charter was approved, they opened temporarily in Petworth and have a mostly affluent student body (of the 81 students enrolled, the percentage of students who are economically disadvantaged is not even knowable, because it is less than 10 students). Now because they are established there, they will prioritize staying in Petworth.

Where are you getting your information, you're not even close.....They have over 90 students in the building. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Thanks for playing, try again next time!

Well OSSE is only paying them for 81 children, so there's that. http://osse.dc.gov/node/1223876

[Anonymous]

Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

<10 Spec Ed makes sense; at ages 3 and 4 many children are not identified with disabilities yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

Check page 14 (attachment B1), they have 49 PK3 and 40 PK4 - I am not rocket scientist, but that odds up to 89, they have a ceiling of 90 according to their charter, which means OSSE would not pay them for anymore than 90.

[Anonymous]

PP is correct. There are more than 90 students at Breakthrough. The FARMS rate told to families was like 18-20%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

Check page 14 (attachment B1), they have 49 PK3 and 40 PK4 - I am not rocket scientist, but that odds up to 89, they have a ceiling of 90 according to their charter, which means OSSE would not pay them for anymore than 90.

It looks like there is a typo in the excel sheet. Check the PDF instead, it's actually from the auditors. Its listed at 89

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

Check page 14 (attachment B1), they have 49 PK3 and 40 PK4 - I am not rocket scientist, but that odds up to 89, they have a ceiling of 90 according to their charter, which means OSSE would not pay them for anymore than 90.

It looks like there is a typo in the excel sheet. Check the PDF instead, it's actually from the auditors. Its listed at 89

The pdf noted 8 students with residency issues or exceptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

Check page 14 (attachment B1), they have 49 PK3 and 40 PK4 - I am not rocket scientist, but that odds up to 89, they have a ceiling of 90 according to their charter, which means OSSE would not pay them for anymore than 90.

It looks like there is a typo in the excel sheet. Check the PDF instead, it's actually from the auditors. Its listed at 89

The pdf noted 8 students with residency issues or exceptions.

We have a winner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

Check page 14 (attachment B1), they have 49 PK3 and 40 PK4 - I am not rocket scientist, but that odds up to 89, they have a ceiling of 90 according to their charter, which means OSSE would not pay them for anymore than 90.

It looks like there is a typo in the excel sheet. Check the PDF instead, it's actually from the auditors. Its listed at 89

The pdf noted 8 students with residency issues or exceptions.

We have a winner.

Actual Breakthrough family here. The school has 92 students enrolled. I think there were some issues with a couple students during count day. Those have since been resolved. According to the school, there is a process for remedying/appealing this they did that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

Check page 14 (attachment B1), they have 49 PK3 and 40 PK4 - I am not rocket scientist, but that odds up to 89, they have a ceiling of 90 according to their charter, which means OSSE would not pay them for anymore than 90.

It looks like there is a typo in the excel sheet. Check the PDF instead, it's actually from the auditors. Its listed at 89

The pdf noted 8 students with residency issues or exceptions.

We have a winner.

Actual Breakthrough family here. The school has 92 students enrolled. I think there were some issues with a couple students during count day. Those have since been resolved. According to the school, there is a process for remedying/appealing this they did that.

Don't bother, PP. You're never going to convince the residency cheater police that there's a reasonable explanation for any anomaly. It doesn't matter what the explanation is. There must be shenanigans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also on that link. 12 ESL, less than 10 SPED less then 10 FARMS. So yes. PP was correct.

(Also, less than 10 FARMS? REALLY?)

Check page 14 (attachment B1), they have 49 PK3 and 40 PK4 - I am not rocket scientist, but that odds up to 89, they have a ceiling of 90 according to their charter, which means OSSE would not pay them for anymore than 90.

It looks like there is a typo in the excel sheet. Check the PDF instead, it's actually from the auditors. Its listed at 89

The pdf noted 8 students with residency issues or exceptions.

We have a winner.

Actual Breakthrough family here. The school has 92 students enrolled. I think there were some issues with a couple students during count day. Those have since been resolved. According to the school, there is a process for remedying/appealing this they did that.

This is off topic and irrelevant.