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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a current LAMB parent, and I wouldn't let the situation keep you from accepting a spot at LAMB.  Similar situations have occurred at Beauvoir, GDS, Sidwell, Oyster, etc.  LAMB is a fantastic school where one bad apple did a very bad thing.  If anything, the situation makes me questions the MPD's investigative skills.  However, I'm even willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.  The problem with these predators is that they're very sneaky.  Also, LAMB is doing a total review of its policies due to this incident.  I'm sure that by next school year it will be one of the safest schools ([b]just like flying on an airline after one of its planes crashed[/b]).[/quote]

My sincerest sympathy for the nightmare you are probably experiencing as a parent. My concerns with the organizational skills and communication from the admin team at LAMB pre-dated the incident.[/quote] A train wreck analogy would have been more appropriate. The predator situation is being handled very poorly and parents' morale is very poor as a result. The plea deal the accused will likely receive (that's being orchestrated by his high power attorney as we speak) has furthered our distress. The school has been slow to respond, dishonest (they lied about a prior investigation) and sadly the robust open communication necessary to move things forward is happening on DCUM- not on the parent list-serve or at the school. Because many parents are considering pulling their kids out, you'll find many people cheerleading the school so that more people enroll. There's lots of the "admin. is fixing policies, etc... to make the school safe". If this is happening you won't hear about that at the school. There have been "workshops" set up, which I will not attend based upon the draconian process of the trainwreck town hall. So, if you consider enrolling you child (and I know many won't be deterred due to lack of choice in the city) do so with eyes wide open and readiness to go to bat for your child. [/quote]

Another parent here, and this is not my experience at all.  Yes, parents are hurt, but I think the administration's hands are tied in a lot of ways.  They didn't lie to us but were instead very careful about the did and could say, and I think everyone is doing the best the can given the duration.  [/quote]

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