LAMB closing its existing campuses and consolidating to one campus

[Anonymous]

"You are wrong. As a white parent, I definitely took notice when Christina spoke disdainfully about "gentrifiers" moving into Ward 4. That was blatantly racist. If a white administrator complained about blacks moving into certain neighborhoods, they would be crucified, and rightly so. No race owns any neighborhoods. Christina is terrible and needs to go. To jail."


Please get over yourself and your liberal guilt. She said nothing about race and there was no animosity in the statement and you know it. I was there as well. She was talking about about her goal of providing a good bilingual education in a geographical area with a concentration of native Spanish speakers and where the residents didn't have the economic means for alternatives. It was money focused, not race focused. Despite what many pp here, there are quite a few non-white parents who reside in Wards other than 7 & 8.

Many of you should be ashamed of yourself. All of this animosity and vitriol threatens to destroy a great school that is very much needed by many kids including dare I say gentrifies and non-gentrifies alike. Perhaps instead of spewing anonymous hate filled jabs, the legitimate Lamb community should focus on working together to find solutions as the admin attempt to improve the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different poster- Cristina and Diane aren't dictators. They don't get to exclude particular groups just because they don't like them or don't want to focus on them. I'm not white so I don't know how Cristina is towards white people. What I do agree with is that some people in the lamb comminity are hostile to those they perceive to be gentrifiers.

And I really think we need to stop the "my way or the highway" approach. People are allowed to disagree and it is reprehensible to kick out students when their parents indicate they're not feeling welcome. That's gross.

How exactly are they excluding or kicking out students?

Don't be dense. By demanding that people who feel excluded leave the school. See above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"You are wrong. As a white parent, I definitely took notice when Christina spoke disdainfully about "gentrifiers" moving into Ward 4. That was blatantly racist. If a white administrator complained about blacks moving into certain neighborhoods, they would be crucified, and rightly so. No race owns any neighborhoods. Christina is terrible and needs to go. To jail."


Please get over yourself and your liberal guilt. She said nothing about race and there was no animosity in the statement and you know it. I was there as well. She was talking about about her goal of providing a good bilingual education in a geographical area with a concentration of native Spanish speakers and where the residents didn't have the economic means for alternatives. It was money focused, not race focused. Despite what many pp here, there are quite a few non-white parents who reside in Wards other than 7 & 8.

Many of you should be ashamed of yourself. All of this animosity and vitriol threatens to destroy a great school that is very much needed by many kids including dare I say gentrifies and non-gentrifies alike. Perhaps instead of spewing anonymous hate filled jabs, the legitimate Lamb community should focus on working together to find solutions as the admin attempt to improve the school.

Yeah, you are the solution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"You are wrong. As a white parent, I definitely took notice when Christina spoke disdainfully about "gentrifiers" moving into Ward 4. That was blatantly racist. If a white administrator complained about blacks moving into certain neighborhoods, they would be crucified, and rightly so. No race owns any neighborhoods. Christina is terrible and needs to go. To jail."


Please get over yourself and your liberal guilt. She said nothing about race and there was no animosity in the statement and you know it. I was there as well. She was talking about about her goal of providing a good bilingual education in a geographical area with a concentration of native Spanish speakers and where the residents didn't have the economic means for alternatives. It was money focused, not race focused. Despite what many pp here, there are quite a few non-white parents who reside in Wards other than 7 & 8.

Many of you should be ashamed of yourself. All of this animosity and vitriol threatens to destroy a great school that is very much needed by many kids including dare I say gentrifies and non-gentrifies alike. Perhaps instead of spewing anonymous hate filled jabs, the legitimate Lamb community should focus on working together to find solutions as the admin attempt to improve the school.

Agree with this. There was nothing disdainful about Christina's comment and there was no animosity. It was about the economic realities of DC which all of us are facing. And sorry that as a white parent you thought that the gentrifier comment applied to just you and other white families. Gentrifiers are people of medium or high income moving into low income neighborhoods. There are non-white gentrifiers in this city as well, including black, hispanic and asian. Sorry your white privilege made you think that a gentrifier comment was racist and only referred to white families like yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"You are wrong. As a white parent, I definitely took notice when Christina spoke disdainfully about "gentrifiers" moving into Ward 4. That was blatantly racist. If a white administrator complained about blacks moving into certain neighborhoods, they would be crucified, and rightly so. No race owns any neighborhoods. Christina is terrible and needs to go. To jail."


Please get over yourself and your liberal guilt. She said nothing about race and there was no animosity in the statement and you know it. I was there as well. She was talking about about her goal of providing a good bilingual education in a geographical area with a concentration of native Spanish speakers and where the residents didn't have the economic means for alternatives. It was money focused, not race focused. Despite what many pp here, there are quite a few non-white parents who reside in Wards other than 7 & 8.

Many of you should be ashamed of yourself. All of this animosity and vitriol threatens to destroy a great school that is very much needed by many kids including dare I say gentrifies and non-gentrifies alike. Perhaps instead of spewing anonymous hate filled jabs, the legitimate Lamb community should focus on working together to find solutions as the admin attempt to improve the school.

Agree with this. There was nothing disdainful about Christina's comment and there was no animosity. It was about the economic realities of DC which all of us are facing. And sorry that as a white parent you thought that the gentrifier comment applied to just you and other white families. Gentrifiers are people of medium or high income moving into low income neighborhoods. There are non-white gentrifiers in this city as well, including black, hispanic and asian. Sorry your white privilege made you think that a gentrifier comment was racist and only referred to white families like yours.

This post is a good example of the racist undercurrent I posted about a few pages back.

-PP

[Anonymous]

NP, I don't have children in this school, so I don't have a dog in this fight. But I do have a friend at LAMB who did go to the meeting with Diane and her imp. I think other pp have noted that this school does have a right to be held accountable to EVERY population they serve at the school and I agree with them. I don't care what your original vision was, your demographics have shifted and as such you must shift your vision and mindset. This is why my DH and I send our daughter to our regular local public schools. The idiots that run charters don't like accountability and having to answer to the population they serve. It seems Diane and Christine did NOT want to deal with wealthier more affluent parents because those families are going to push back. Those families are not just going to believe your every word on what's best for their children. Affluent families will expect communication through dialogue and partnership to ensure all the children are successful. Poorer families tend not do be able to be as vocal due to work reasons, maybe not understanding their rights, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP, I don't have children in this school, so I don't have a dog in this fight. But I do have a friend at LAMB who did go to the meeting with Diane and her imp. I think other pp have noted that this school does have a right to be held accountable to EVERY population they serve at the school and I agree with them. I don't care what your original vision was, your demographics have shifted and as such you must shift your vision and mindset. This is why my DH and I send our daughter to our regular local public schools. The idiots that run charters don't like accountability and having to answer to the population they serve. It seems Diane and Christine did NOT want to deal with wealthier more affluent parents because those families are going to push back. Those families are not just going to believe your every word on what's best for their children. Affluent families will expect communication through dialogue and partnership to ensure all the children are successful. Poorer families tend not do be able to be as vocal due to work reasons, maybe not understanding their rights, etc.

Yes agree with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP, I don't have children in this school, so I don't have a dog in this fight. But I do have a friend at LAMB who did go to the meeting with Diane and her imp. I think other pp have noted that this school does have a right to be held accountable to EVERY population they serve at the school and I agree with them. I don't care what your original vision was, your demographics have shifted and as such you must shift your vision and mindset. This is why my DH and I send our daughter to our regular local public schools. The idiots that run charters don't like accountability and having to answer to the population they serve. It seems Diane and Christine did NOT want to deal with wealthier more affluent parents because those families are going to push back. Those families are not just going to believe your every word on what's best for their children. Affluent families will expect communication through dialogue and partnership to ensure all the children are successful. Poorer families tend not do be able to be as vocal due to work reasons, maybe not understanding their rights, etc.

Yes agree with this.

Wow. An opinion on what Diane and Cristina want from someone who does not attend school so likely has never had met them and has a secondhand account of the meeting and this board as basis to assert opinion on the school administrators' position. Seriously everyone engaging in this dialogue is wasting their time. Time to move this discussion to school listserv where meaningful dialogue based on facts is possible.

[Anonymous]

How did the meeting at the Missouri campus go yesterday? Did the administration reveal more information or basically repeated what they said at the SD meeting last week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting at the Missouri campus go yesterday? Did the administration reveal more information or basically repeated what they said at the SD meeting last week?

It went well - the facility looks incredible. I'm amazed this may be an option for us.

[Anonymous]

Reading the recent post about the shootings near MV makes me really excited for the possibility of this new campus for LAMB. It sounds wonderful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting at the Missouri campus go yesterday? Did the administration reveal more information or basically repeated what they said at the SD meeting last week?

It went well - the facility looks incredible. I'm amazed this may be an option for us.

It was really exciting. The administration and teachers are so thrilled with this opportunity for the students. Diane talked about the primary kids having a garden right outside their classrooms, space for composting, she asked us to imagine the little kids up on the attic floor in the library sitting on window seats looking out the big windows. It's a dream location. Not all my kids will get to take advantage of it with the phased move, but I am excited for all future LAMB kids.

[Anonymous]

I am excited for the outdoor space possibilities. I am a huge advocate of getting kids outdoors and working with gardens and in nature (especially important for urban kids). It's also an important part of Montessori philosophy. I would donate my time and my Arriba money to make the outdoor space excellent!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am excited for the outdoor space possibilities. I am a huge advocate of getting kids outdoors and working with gardens and in nature (especially important for urban kids). It's also an important part of Montessori philosophy. I would donate my time and my Arriba money to make the outdoor space excellent!

So how much will they be building over to make enough space for 600 kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am excited for the outdoor space possibilities. I am a huge advocate of getting kids outdoors and working with gardens and in nature (especially important for urban kids). It's also an important part of Montessori philosophy. I would donate my time and my Arriba money to make the outdoor space excellent!

So how much will they be building over to make enough space for 600 kids?

the plan only calls for building a new gym/auditorium on one end. the plans do not call for building more space to accommodate any more classroom space.