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[quote=Anonymous]The curriculum is Montessori, which is very different than what we had as kids.  Make sure you go to an open house to learn about Montessori methods.  I'm a big fan of it and we had a great experience at LAMB.  Also the kids learn in both English and Spanish, and by 3rd grade or so can read and write in both languages.  The community is very bicultural (latino/anglo) and it is extremely family-friendly and welcoming compared to many other schools.  Special ed is done particularly well.  Test scores are pretty good, mostly going up every year -- something like 60s and 70s, which puts them in the top charters.  Considering they spend 1/2 the time in English, they do really well on the reading portion.

The downside is that the building on Missouri is crowded -- there just isn't enough room to have everything you would want there.  If the school gets to go to Walter Reed, that should help a lot.  Another down side is that the school does not "feed" to a middle school, so 4th/5th grade families are trying every lottery out there to find a space in a good middle school.  Last year's 5th graders went to private schools, charters and traditional DCPS.  [/quote]

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