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[quote=Anonymous]I am leaving lamb this year as my youngest is graduating.

ECE is spectacular at Lamb. All my kids loved it and thrived.

Grades 1-3 were great for two of my kids and not great for one of them. I agree with the pp above that said any kid who left lamb was below grade level. That makes sense to me because some teachers (the vast minority) just aren’t good. It would make sense to have kids who left because they had bad teachers to be below grade level. Two of my kids had just amazing educators (none that are still at lamb come to think about it) that we keep in touch with today.  The most important thing they ever taught my kids is to stay curious and love learning. This has stayed with them today. I also think that lamb does a great job in grades 1-3 to meet kids where they are and take them at a slow pace if needed. My kids were late bloomers and were nurtured and made to feel invested in their own education.  They wanted to learn. And even though it took them longer to get there, they did grow up to be great students.  Some teachers aren’t that great, and I think lamb is going a worse job with retaining and teaching staff. The lack of immigration to the US will only make this worse long term.

Grades 4-5: dumpster fire. We had the “good” upper el teacher (you know who I’m talking about), and we had two upper el teachers who was literally dismissed or left. I really think the quality of teaching upper el is really poor. I toured so many dcps and other charter schools at this time wondering if we should pull the plug. We essentially stayed purely for dci which has worked out really well for our kids. I think you should supplement like crazy, particularly in Math and Spanish which are tracked at DCI. We also hired a writing coach which was a great idea. Lamb literally does maybe 4 writing assignments all year while DCI does 4 each week.  They don’t force kids to speak spanish during spanish time anymore. They don’t do a great job with math either.  At dci the difference between the kids who supplemented during this time and those that did not were clearly visible. My oldest’s executive functioning was terrible because she had never had homework! Ever!  I thought behavior issues were low but there is a lot of bullying and the administrators don’t do much about it. I think lamb is still better than dcps but not by much during this period. Make sure you are investing in tutoring because your kid will need it at DCI.

DCI has been wonderful for our kids. They’ve gotten to study abroad, learn a third language, and for my stem kid they have great ECs and lots of tracking so they felt challenged.  We never considered another high school because no other high school could meet my kids’ needs in STEM and foreign languages. I look back at my time at LAMB and am really grateful that we didn’t pull the plug despite thinking about it constantly.

Just support your kiddos and make sure they’re being appropriately challenged and you’ll be golden. [/quote]

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