Notes from the Meeting w/ Sela Principal & Executive Director

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wow.this all sounds very good. my daughter was accepted for K but i am still on the fence bc i am not currently in dc to participate in the principal meetings.

I would go ahead and enroll and when you get to DC, tour the facility. They are having an event with other language immersion charter schools in mid-May on preparing for attendance in language immersion program. I think it will be in their building. One of the Board members mentioned it to me last night. You can always go somewhere else if you get off a WL at a more established program (don't hate on me, DCUM, we all know it happens). I was also on the fence, but I have been convinced. My DC is in K, and there were several sweet K students there last night. I think it's going to be a great group of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow.this all sounds very good. my daughter was accepted for K but i am still on the fence bc i am not currently in dc to participate in the principal meetings.

I would go ahead and enroll and when you get to DC, tour the facility. They are having an event with other language immersion charter schools in mid-May on preparing for attendance in language immersion program. I think it will be in their building. One of the Board members mentioned it to me last night. You can always go somewhere else if you get off a WL at a more established program (don't hate on me, DCUM, we all know it happens). I was also on the fence, but I have been convinced. My DC is in K, and there were several sweet K students there last night. I think it's going to be a great group of kids.

good idea. i will go ahead and do that.
thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went to the meeting tonight. Very impressed with the ED and principal. Diverse crowd, though some of the parents seemed kind of uptight. Really got the sense that school values parental input. Didn't over-promise (probably not a shuttle bus in year 1, part-time art teacher in year 1), but there were plenty of "extras" (nurse on site, psychologist on site, free before and and after care) and they seem very committed to having "rigor" from pre-K onward.

That one comes free from the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to the meeting tonight. Very impressed with the ED and principal. Diverse crowd, though some of the parents seemed kind of uptight. Really got the sense that school values parental input. Didn't over-promise (probably not a shuttle bus in year 1, part-time art teacher in year 1), but there were plenty of "extras" (nurse on site, psychologist on site, free before and and after care) and they seem very committed to having "rigor" from pre-K onward.

That one comes free from the state.

Yet, but there are requirements to participate - most charters do not qualify and don't make it a priority. Also, I'm not sure it's from the state. I think it's a program run by Children's hospital. The way it was explained to me is that there must be a segregated nurse space with certain equipment and a minimum number of students. Sela got a facility that allows for participation in the program. They are also doing a program with George Washington University, graduate student psychology interns which is the same type deal - Sela has a staff psychologist who will work with the intern to provide treatment for children and families. We don't have either of these programs are our current charter, so we are very excited.