Why are HRCS so popular? Test scores stink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow - CMI must be a heck of a place if it can turn TWO general threads into CMI specific only.

It is hard for parents (who love their school) not to respond when disgruntled parents spread misinformation in a public forum. That said, folks are raising valid concerns about the CMI MS. It is tough to be the first class at a new school. However the MS has a fantastic team working very hard to make it a great program. Those of us with younger kids at the school are watching closely and hoping (and expecting) the kinks to be worked out by the time our kids get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow - CMI must be a heck of a place if it can turn TWO general threads into CMI specific only.

It is hard for parents (who love their school) not to respond when disgruntled parents spread misinformation in a public forum. That said, folks are raising valid concerns about the CMI MS. It is tough to be the first class at a new school. However the MS has a fantastic team working very hard to make it a great program. Those of us with younger kids at the school are watching closely and hoping (and expecting) the kinks to be worked out by the time our kids get there.

It seems to be one poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow - CMI must be a heck of a place if it can turn TWO general threads into CMI specific only.

It is hard for parents (who love their school) not to respond when disgruntled parents spread misinformation in a public forum. That said, folks are raising valid concerns about the CMI MS. It is tough to be the first class at a new school. However the MS has a fantastic team working very hard to make it a great program. Those of us with younger kids at the school are watching closely and hoping (and expecting) the kinks to be worked out by the time our kids get there.

+ 1. Agree with PP completely.

Agree with loving the school, agree with the misinformation (please visit!), agree with the valid concerns (yikes!), agree with the normal first-class at new-school issues, agree with the fantastic team, agree that those of us with younger kids are _expecting_ the kinks to be worked out asap for our younger kids.

I don't want to apply elsewhere but some of the issues DCUM raises from no textbooks (yes, I knew that with the younger grades, but with the middle school???) to math issues to science issues to funding issues to staffing issues. I am waiting out this year, before we visit anywhere but I am watching very closely. Next year, I do feel that I will have to start to visit schools to decide where to apply, where to move, what to do, etc for the long-term future.

Another PP mentioned giving them a month -- please, let's give them at least a year. (Of course, for parents with 4th-6th graders, and maybe with even 3rd graders, I understand that is not an option, so visit other schools and make the right decision for your child(ren), but for the rest of us, calm down. I don't think you need to worry about middle school in 2nd grade.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow - CMI must be a heck of a place if it can turn TWO general threads into CMI specific only.

It is hard for parents (who love their school) not to respond when disgruntled parents spread misinformation in a public forum. That said, folks are raising valid concerns about the CMI MS. It is tough to be the first class at a new school. However the MS has a fantastic team working very hard to make it a great program. Those of us with younger kids at the school are watching closely and hoping (and expecting) the kinks to be worked out by the time our kids get there.

It seems to be one poster.

I was wondering that, myself. It does seem to be 1 parent responding to themselves. They post links & less than a minute later, post responses like "great links" in less time that someone could have opened the link and read what they were talking about. I am having a hard time keeping up. And, then that same person posts things "pretending" to know other posters in real life when many posters are contributing without attending the school. Plus, CMI has hundreds of kids with parents, grand-parents, guardians, nannies, etc. That PP is creepy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow - CMI must be a heck of a place if it can turn TWO general threads into CMI specific only.

It is hard for parents (who love their school) not to respond when disgruntled parents spread misinformation in a public forum. That said, folks are raising valid concerns about the CMI MS. It is tough to be the first class at a new school. However the MS has a fantastic team working very hard to make it a great program. Those of us with younger kids at the school are watching closely and hoping (and expecting) the kinks to be worked out by the time our kids get there.

It seems to be one poster.

I was wondering that, myself. It does seem to be 1 parent responding to themselves. They post links & less than a minute later, post responses like "great links" in less time that someone could have opened the link and read what they were talking about. I am having a hard time keeping up. And, then that same person posts things "pretending" to know other posters in real life when many posters are contributing without attending the school. Plus, CMI has hundreds of kids with parents, grand-parents, guardians, nannies, etc. That PP is creepy.

+ 1. I noticed that when there was a post about the mascot issue and then "LOL" to his/her same post. 90% of the forum isn't going to get it and the 10% that do don't think it's funny. It's one crazy person -- probably their PTA president or someone too invested in the middle school succeeding so they have to try to shut down any conversation they don't like even when parents are raising what seems to be to be legitimate issues.

[Anonymous]

CMI parent here... actually the CFA president is a very level-headed parent who would never be caught dead on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CMI parent here... actually the CFA president is a very level-headed parent who would never be caught dead on DCUM.

Who is the president? Same one as last year, right? It's a 2-year post, right? If so, I agree with PP. Normal, awesome, caring, dedicated parent. May be on DCUM (after all, it's anonymous) but she would not be the the crazy one. She would be the level-headed, trying to come up with a solution, normal one.

[Anonymous]

No, it's a male president. One year post.

[Anonymous]

I wrote the Lol post. I thought the previous post was funny but i didn't write it. Sorry if I offended anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wrote the Lol post. I thought the previous post was funny but i didn't write it. Sorry if I offended anyone.

This is hilarious. How is anyone going to know who "I" is? The mystery is still not solved.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow - CMI must be a heck of a place if it can turn TWO general threads into CMI specific only.

It is hard for parents (who love their school) not to respond when disgruntled parents spread misinformation in a public forum. That said, folks are raising valid concerns about the CMI MS. It is tough to be the first class at a new school. However the MS has a fantastic team working very hard to make it a great program. Those of us with younger kids at the school are watching closely and hoping (and expecting) the kinks to be worked out by the time our kids get there.

It seems to be one poster.

I was wondering that, myself. It does seem to be 1 parent responding to themselves. They post links & less than a minute later, post responses like "great links" in less time that someone could have opened the link and read what they were talking about. I am having a hard time keeping up. And, then that same person posts things "pretending" to know other posters in real life when many posters are contributing without attending the school. Plus, CMI has hundreds of kids with parents, grand-parents, guardians, nannies, etc. That PP is creepy.

No, it's definitely more than one poster.

There is obviously more than objector to the kool-aid, and you're not doing yourselves any favors by pretending otherwise. At least two them appear to be current CMI parents who are intent on moving up and out by 4th grade.

Personally, I'm an outsider skeptic regarding the MS. I wish the school well, I just frankly disbelieve that the resources (human and capital) are possible to provide an excellent, generalized MS. My family is at a point where we are evaluating all of our options for MS. I've done a lot of research, and CM cannot come close to pulling it off. We know we could easily lottery into CM's MS and aren't interested. We do have a family friend with an SN child, and that (super smart, btw) child would be a good fit at CM. Why? Because CM's strengths - particularly for MS - are the small class sizes, the close and familiar environment, the dedication to the child's emotional development.

As long as CM stays true to its mission for SN kids, then its MS will be a success. The idea that it will be some sort of fancy little private school is a delusion. Get over it fast.

[Anonymous]

Every time I see this thread I think it is asking about Hillary!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every time I see this thread I think it is asking about Hillary!

That would explain why nobody has any trust in it.

[Anonymous]

Please. DCPS won't support strong neighborhood MS programs outside the Deal District. That's not CM's fault.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every time I see this thread I think it is asking about Hillary!

That would explain why nobody has any trust in it.

If you want to put your trust in Trump-up Trickle Down Economics you should open a history book.