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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for that thoughtful and thorough overview. Honestly we're really excited- [b]kids need play and to be happy at school[/b], and if they foster that environment then we're luckier than most. I'm happy you got your top dual language school, and best of luck in the new school year- whenever that is![/quote]

Indeed they do.  But they also need adequate academic instruction, and CMI's test scores are pretty meh given its mostly high-income demographic.  You're sending your child to a school where the majority of students are below grade level in almost every grade, even though only 16% are at-risk.  That's fine for you if you see other benefits, but you might find that friends and classmates leave the school as time passes.  People can tolerate the weak academics during early childhood, but in middle and upper elementary grades their tolerance reaches its end.

Compare CMI's stats with the two other high-income, non-immersion PK3-8th schools in the city, Inspired Teaching and Two Rivers, and you'll see that CMI doesn't stack up very well.  Test scores, re-enrollment, various other metrics, CMI isn't terrible but tends to lag a behind those comparators.  Of course, those other schools aren't convenient for a lot of CMI families.  But at Inspired Teaching there are some who came over from CMI and they came for a reason.[/quote]

How ironic that someone from IT is talking about low test scores when we all know that IT has a problem with test scores in at risk kids.  Pot calling kettle black.[/quote]

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