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[quote=Anonymous]I posted this on another thread, but will repeat it here. I think the pandemic exacerbated the previous issues until they hit crisis level. Weak administration, poor communication, inexperienced teachers with lower qualifications. Remember it was so bad for the teachers previously that they unionized the first charter in the District. Then they expanded too big and quickly, against the will of the parent community. Then the pandemic hit. All of those previous issues plus the behavioral issues of kids post-pandemic, teacher burnout, and learning loss. Then the MV8 principal quit right before the start of the school year leaving the teachers to start the year totally demoralized on day one. So teachers started quitting and things started spiraling. But the root of the problem existed before the pandemic and the administration had zero interest in acknowledging or fixing it then (hence the unionization). But as we’ve seen at CMI and SSMA, it’s next to impossible to get a bad administration out of a school, so you have to decide if you can deal with it or not.

I'll add that I see a ton of families leaving this year, and that's going to further disrupt the school community next year. I don't know anyone that didn't see MV as a good enough school to try out while continuing to lottery for a better immersion. Now the trade offs are shifting for families that don't REALLY care about Spanish or are skeptical about their DCI odds and are open to DCPS schools. Some upper elementary families will stick it out for DCI, but I think the rose colored glasses will come off for families that were open minded about the new campus growing pains and are now realizing it's much more than just growing pains.[/quote]

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