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[quote=Anonymous]@19:05 (are you original poster?): Here's something to consider. The "baseless" praise you are reading (and it really is a bit obnoxious that you are asking for input and dismissing all previous praise as "baseless"; this would suggest that you are not bringing an open mind to the discussion) is primarily for the early childhood education classes at LT and a bit for the K/1st/maybe 2nd grades. I have no idea what parents of older children think of the school, and I highly doubt very many are on DCUM. The demographics of the younger classes are completely different than those of the older classes although this seems to be changing slowly as 21:24 points out.

We have a child in PS3, and the LT early childhood education program really is as good as everyone is saying it is. I have visited at least 30 programs/child care centers on Capitol Hill for 0-5 year olds, had my children in 4 different programs/child care centers on the Hill, spoken with countless friends and acquaintances ad nauseum about their experiences with various programs and schools, and read way, way too much on this forum. And I really think LT's early childhood education program is one of the best programs on the Hill. The teachers for the six neurotypical classrooms are all really good (I can't speak for the autism program), the programming is good,  the array of specials the kids get is amazing, and the new facilities are beautiful. And all the other parents in the program I have spoken with seem to agree. From my conversations with parents at other schools, some of the more highly reputed programs on the Hill still seem to have some problems with deadwood teachers.

And I will admit that I have no clue about the older grades, and I have no personal dealings with the principal. School communication is adequate; certainly no worse than the other programs where I've had my kids. I find the aftercare program which is run by DCPS to be pretty weak. The teachers running it are good, but it is woefully understaffed. They basically have to kick out any kid who has any sort of problems. And I sure as hell wish there hadn't been somebody shot next to the playground last week. I do see hints of culture class between the old-timers and the newbies at the school here and there, and I imagine that there may be more substantial issues of that nature that I am not aware of. And, yes, we did play the lottery this year because we are OOB and would really love to go our IB school which is a block from our house so we don't have to commute. But since that isn't going to happen, we are very grateful to be able to participate in LT's program this year and next.

Anyway, those are my very honest semi-late night ramblings. I think LT's early childhood education program is fabulous. Feel free to dismiss this as baseless, but that is my (fairly educated) opinion.[/quote]

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