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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a current parent at Lee, with a kid in the open grades, I can confirm the academics are lacking. The teachers are nice but [b]the majority of parents I talk to all have tutors for math and/or reading[/b]. Yes, some of the problems with reading can be attributed to COVID but not all. The school even had tutoring for the kids last year taking the PARCC. The community is great but if you’re looking for academics this isn’t the place. I wish I had done more research and I think if the school put as much effort into the academics as they do restorative justice (which they don’t even do properly) you would see a big improvement. But they don’t because they are coasting on the decent  ECE and the fact that it’s a nice campus with an involved parent community.[/quote]

Wow, this is alarming. For 1st and 2nd graders?! [/quote]

Not sure about reading but most of the parents I know with kids in Montessori (Lee, CHMS, and LAMB) do Kumon or Mathnasium at those ages. It may just be a function of SES and personality (these are parents who I think would be likely to supplement even if their kids were in a non-Montessori environment), but it's definitely true. I would bet they are also doing some form of phonics and reading supplementing, not sure if it's tutors or what, but I'm sure it's something.

I have no idea if this is any different than what you'd see among parents at some of the higher SES DCPS and non-Montessori charters. Probably? I don't know. I'm always surprised by how much supplementing there is.[/quote]

I'm an ITDS parent and it seems to me supplementing (especially supplementing because your kid is behind) is not that common.  Definitely not the norm.[/quote]

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