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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i]Breakthrough Montessori. First year school, head of school is not montessori trained and they are not seeking accredidation[/i]

Why aren't they seeking to be accredited? [/quote]

They have to seek accreditation within their first five years per DC PCSB policy. They can choose to seek accreditation from a number of entities approved by OSSE (Breakthrough hasn't said which one they will use).

They did just hire (within in last 45 days) a new head of instruction who is an experienced Montessori teacher and administrator. 
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that sounds good.  Lee's head also isn't Montessori trained though the two other founders were Montessori teachers, and Lee is a true blue Montessori school.

My one worry about new Montessori schools is it could be a money maker for an unscrupulous company who sees green at  the thought of a legitimate way to have 30 kids in classroom with one teacher  In practice, with a lottery population, you need a lot of aids/assistants and thus Lee has three adults in all the primary classrooms.  Breakthough doesn't strike me as at all unscrupulous and seems to be doing all the right things.

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