LAMB South Dakota families

[Anonymous]

Are you happy at LAMB South Dakota? I could not figure out where exactly the school is when I drove by today. Does anyone know the transition plan to Kingsbury? I’m unable to find this online.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

The school is in the NE wing of the Perry Street Prep (formerly Taft) building.

There will only be three classrooms of primary (PK3, PK4 and K) students at the SD location for the next three years, after which those three classrooms will move to the new building at 5000 14th St. NW.

[Anonymous]

It’s great!

Anyone who gets a spot in PK this coming year is lucky. The classrooms that will be there are just three primary rooms, and they each have really great teachers.

But of course in three years you will either have to leave or move over to the kingsbury building.

If you look for the yellow awning visible at the corner of Perry and South Dakota that is the main door.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if the co-location of Truth Montessori at 1800 Perry St. will impact LAMB decision to close the South Dakota campus? It would make sense to keep that campus open since Truth would be an option for parents who want to continue a Montessori education or can't get a seat a DCI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the co-location of Truth Montessori at 1800 Perry St. will impact LAMB decision to close the South Dakota campus? It would make sense to keep that campus open since Truth would be an option for parents who want to continue a Montessori education or can't get a seat a DCI.

There is no way. LAMB already has made the decision. It is much more cost effective and easier logistically to run 1 campus than multiple.

[Anonymous]

So if we started PK3 at LAMB South Dakota in fall 2020, how many years would we be at the South Dakota campus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if we started PK3 at LAMB South Dakota in fall 2020, how many years would we be at the South Dakota campus?

Three years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if we started PK3 at LAMB South Dakota in fall 2020, how many years would we be at the South Dakota campus?

Three years.

So you better be able to either make the far commute up to NW (hellish if you work downtown) or move closer to there. Otherwise be prepared to play the lottery all over again.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the post OP. This was helpful to read. As much as I like LAMB, I've been going back and forth as to whether I could reasonably handle that commute in a few years. I to the new campus, it looks like it'd be just about a 30 min drive or an hour commute on the train and bus which is my preferred mode of transportation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the post OP. This was helpful to read. As much as I like LAMB, I've been going back and forth as to whether I could reasonably handle that commute in a few years. I to the new campus, it looks like it'd be just about a 30 min drive or an hour commute on the train and bus which is my preferred mode of transportation.

There might be a shuttle for transport by then. That’s in the works. You could try and ask the school but they may not know much before lottery deadline, just something many will be trying to get arranged in the next few years..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the co-location of Truth Montessori at 1800 Perry St. will impact LAMB decision to close the South Dakota campus? It would make sense to keep that campus open since Truth would be an option for parents who want to continue a Montessori education or can't get a seat a DCI.

There is no way. LAMB already has made the decision. It is much more cost effective and easier logistically to run 1 campus than multiple.

Plenty of schools have more than one campus and a lot can change in three years. I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the co-location of Truth Montessori at 1800 Perry St. will impact LAMB decision to close the South Dakota campus? It would make sense to keep that campus open since Truth would be an option for parents who want to continue a Montessori education or can't get a seat a DCI.

There is no way. LAMB already has made the decision. It is much more cost effective and easier logistically to run 1 campus than multiple.

Plenty of schools have more than one campus and a lot can change in three years. I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility.

Such wishful thinking. LAMB has a middle school track to DCI. They could care less about Truth. Really.

What you want is not what makes business and logistic sense. That was the whole purpose of the consolidation. Keep dreaming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the post OP. This was helpful to read. As much as I like LAMB, I've been going back and forth as to whether I could reasonably handle that commute in a few years. I to the new campus, it looks like it'd be just about a 30 min drive or an hour commute on the train and bus which is my preferred mode of transportation.

Are you saying 30 minute commute by car or 1 hour by public transportation one way to LAMB?? If so, no way in hell is that going to be sustainable. No way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the post OP. This was helpful to read. As much as I like LAMB, I've been going back and forth as to whether I could reasonably handle that commute in a few years. I to the new campus, it looks like it'd be just about a 30 min drive or an hour commute on the train and bus which is my preferred mode of transportation.

Are you saying 30 minute commute by car or 1 hour by public transportation one way to LAMB?? If so, no way in hell is that going to be sustainable. No way.

+1 this is opposite of what we’re considering on our list due to commute

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the post OP. This was helpful to read. As much as I like LAMB, I've been going back and forth as to whether I could reasonably handle that commute in a few years. I to the new campus, it looks like it'd be just about a 30 min drive or an hour commute on the train and bus which is my preferred mode of transportation.

Are you saying 30 minute commute by car or 1 hour by public transportation one way to LAMB?? If so, no way in hell is that going to be sustainable. No way.

Lots of LAMB families do and have done that commute to get to SD from other parts of the city for years. Nothing will work for everyone. And DCI is just as far.