Will the PCSB move to force LAMB to back-fill after PK4?
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Anonymous
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According to a write-up of yesterday's (Monday, April 18th) PCSB meeting:
The contrast could not have been greater to that of Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS, whose representatives explained to the obvious disbelief of the directors that the institution does not back fill empty spots after Pre-Kindergarten Four. The Performance Management Framework Tier 1 school defended this policy on the grounds that children will not be successful in its program if they are admitted after this stage because of the challenging Montessori and language immersion program. But the result of this practice appears to be that about half of the pupils that start at the school withdraw before graduating at the fifth grade. Based upon yesterday’s discussion, be prepared for a change in this area. It's one person's speculative interpretation, but the point is a good one. If Yu Ying can manage to teach Mandarin to Kindergarteners, it's difficult to believe LAMB can't find a way to teach Spanish to children of the same age. Read the full report: https://parentshaveschoolchoicekidswin.com/2016/04/19/unease-at-monthly-charter-board-meeting/ |
Anonymous
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That's not why people leave LAMB - Pearson is a blogger with a clear point of view/opinion.
But I do think LAMB should have to accept kids at K. -Parent of 2 LAMB alums who stayed through 5th |
Anonymous
| I have to agree. If 5 year Olds can learn Chinese they can learn Spanish and montessori. Your oh so special school culture will just have to survive and endure. |
Anonymous
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Why mess with something that is working?
-Not a lamb parent / shut out at pk3 and pk4 |
Anonymous
To increase the number of quality seats available. It would still work fine just like it does at yu ying. If the culture really cannot survive a handful of new kindergarteners, what does that say about the school? |
Anonymous
Because it is possible that these barriers to access are a fundamental reason that it is working. And that is pretty important - both for LAMB and for other schools whose metrics are compared to LAMB's (see: charter school tiering process). |
Anonymous
That same argument is true at virtually every HRCS. Your question cannot be serious. |
Anonymous
Put all the other Tier 1 elementary schools don't have the same policies. LAMB is an outlier. And now that other Montessori and immersion schools have come along and proven that you can be successful without these barriers it's harder for LAMB to argue in favor of them. |
Anonymous
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LAMB has been around for a long time and been successful. Isn't the whole point of the independence of the charter that as long as it is legal within the charter board that the school can work independently for what works for them?
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Anonymous
| Plenty of successfulschools in VA and md admit don't even have preschool. They take in an all-new class at k. So really, lamb should be able to bring in a few. Really how many kids would it be, like 2 or 3 to a classroom? |
Anonymous
Except, as the LAMB admin tried to explain last night - other schools aren't doing both immersion and montessori. Just because you successfully integrate a 6 year old in an immersion setting or a montessori setting, doesn't necessarily mean you can do both at the same time. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| What exactly does lamb think would happen if a few more k's were admitted? |
Anonymous
Poors. |
Anonymous
They also swore that not being able to run two lotteries for Spanish and English respectively would ruin their model. It didn't -- although it did result in a wealthier student body. LAMB will figure it out if they have to -- they would prefer not to -- but if anyone can they will. For example, they could strongly encourage these new families to enroll their children in their summer program to start the language exposure, and potentially factor in an hour in the classroom to learn the basics of the materials. |