Creative Minds WL
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Anonymous
Not sure if we are looking in the same place, but the CMI report card is 3 stars: https://dcschoolreportcard.org/schools/169-3069 |
Anonymous
Three for middle, a high two for elementary. |
Anonymous
| Here's the direct link showing a 2 star Elementary: https://dcschoolreportcard.org/schools/169-3069/star-es |
Anonymous
| Their elementary PARCC scores went up this year so I bet they squeak into three-star. |
Anonymous
Math went up, ELA went down. Most of the no waitlist schools are solidly 3, if not 4 stars. They were 5 points away from a 3 star rating. If they get to 3 stars, it will be by 2-3 points. ITS and MV have double the score and they all opened around same time with similar profiles. |
Anonymous
I find this so interesting. Why do you think the parents turn such a blind eye to the academic failings? And when do they finally wake up and realize the issue (or do they ever)? |
Anonymous
3-4 years at the school or 4th grade, whichever comes first. |
Anonymous
By then aren't the kids significantly behind? So many schools instill a love of school and a love of learning with good academics. Why can't CMI do the same? Or is it the parents who initial think you can't have both so push for love of school over everything else? |
Anonymous
It is a mix of parents that are afraid of their IB school because it’s too brown or poor and thinking they can supplement where CMI fails as long as they get their social emotional needs met or parents who don’t want to admit when they’ve made a mistake with their child’s education. For most high SES families, 3 years isn’t a total loss and they can improve when they get to their new school. But when they inevitably leave in 2nd or 3rd grade, the school likely ends up replacing that 2-3 parcc scoring kid with a 1-2 scoring kid. If you look at the lottery data, you will see the writing is already on the wall. Their WL was basically declined by nearly 40-50% in many grades in just one year. They basically cleared their waitlist for K, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 8th. The myschool link for schools with short waitlists show 5, 6, and 8 but it should be updated to reflect current, lower grades as I know they cleared a few grades after people removed themselves from the waitlist. Their PK3 applicants declined from 406 last year to 212 this year. PK4 went from 278 to 177. K went from 255 to 134. People will say it’s because MV8 opened this year leaving parents with opting for MV8 over CMI in their 12 spots. I disagree. 3rd grade also cut in half. Similar non language schools’ WL like ITS and TR stayed same or +/- 10-20 points. Quite frankly, I’m still surprised that 200 pk3 families wasted a lottery slot on a two star elementary school when better performing schools like Barnard had 70 applicants. You can’t tell me it’s not race/SES related. |
Anonymous
Did you attend the school? If so do you think the new Principal might be able to turn it around? The facilities are beautiful and it certainly looks like a wonderful place to be. I have a friend who just started their this year in the pre-k grades and one of the things she stressed about their decision to go there is they wanted their kid to love school at this stage. I personally feel most kids in the early ages love school no matter where they go as most of the preschool programs and early elementaey years do a good job in that department. But I was struck by their feelings that you couldn't have strong academics and a love for school at the same place (or that that was too much to expect in these early years maybe). I never would have framed the issue that way. |
Anonymous
You can certainly have both. The problem is your friend probably didn’t even consider any of the schools that have both. |
Anonymous
| We choose CMI after being at DCPS. We are way happier including with academics. The diversity mirrors many other charters. I don’t expect to convince everyone here, to each his own!! We have the best fit for us and I wish you the same. |
Anonymous
Yes, they mirror a handful of charters (like ITS). And again, they are 30-50 points behind their peers at ITS in ELA and also behind in math. What grade is your kid in? And if you would, please share which DCPS you were at. The head in sand mantra some CMI parents have is worse than House Republicans. |
Anonymous
| No doubt CMI has some work to do with PARCC testing in upper grades for ELA and I hope the new leadership seriously addresses that issue going forward. Maybe they can learn from ITS, which is the beauty of having different options and models. But according to the School Quality Report, CMI exceeds ITS for K-2 Reading (e.g., 85.7 CMI v. 71.2 ITS). |
Anonymous
That's an apples to oranges comparison because Inspired includes i-ready and DRA and CMI only uses DRA in that measure. The data other than PARCC in these reports is based on the assessments that the school has chosen for themselves and conducted internally. Which is to say, take comparisons across schools with a grain of salt. |