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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Creative Minds is too far for you and it wouldn't be worth it. They don't have good scores relative to their demographics, and they're planning to move locations in the next 5 years or so. And they experienced a big drop in enrollment this year.

Suggest you look into Seaton and Thomson. [/quote]

Any insight  on why they experienced a big drop in enrollment?[/quote]

I don't know. I've always thought it was overrated so maybe people are catching on. Maybe the possibility of them moving locations is putting people off.

CMI is one of those schools that seems so great to PK parents but then falters at the transition to more serious academics in middle elementary.[/quote]

It's in the board minutes, which they just belatedly posted for the semester. https://www.creativemindspcs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Board-Meeting-Minutes-09.09.24-combined_1.pdf

Basically there's a citywide decrease in enrollment, but not all schools are equally affected and it's very interesting to observe how it's playing out. CMI had a target of 596, but came in at 530, so it's an 11% shortfall-- really significant. Obviously this affects their budget. Something to keep a close eye on. It doesn't say which grade levels are most affected. But looking at lottery data, I can see waitlists cleared for most grades other than PK3 and PK4 (another red flag). [/quote]

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