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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"The vast majority of parents do not give a flying **** about this level of insider nonsense."

You will when teachers you like start turning over because they don't trust admin...

Or maybe you won't.  :roll:

But what's a school if it's not the teachers?

LT certainly can't be defined based on strong leadership at this point...[/quote]

We've owned a house 2 blocks from LT for 15 years (without kids for the first few).  We sent our kids to Maury.  LT's leadership has been a problem for the 15 years since we landed in the Stanton Park neighborhood. [/quote]

[b]LT is a completely different school than it was 15 years ago. [/b]I’m glad you feel good about your choice — and I’ve always heard wonderful things about Maury — but come on, you live 2 blocks away and had a relevantly aged kid nearly a decade ago, so you feel well-positioned to talk about the school now? The school is over 60% IB now, so apparently your neighbors feel differently.[/quote]

No, LT isn't completely different.  I wish it was.  Families on our block still bail from LT to Maury, Brent or SWS if they get winning lottery numbers.

A couple of the old school LT first grade teachers punishing classes collectively after a few kids fail to line up nicely on the playground are still there. We hear these complaints from neighbors on a regular basis. Translation: "No recess for you today, 6 year olds. You'll spend recess with your head down resting on your arms folded on your desk."  Admins do nothing when parents complain.[/quote]

The data set of where kids go show that there are fewer than 10 children IB for LT at Brent or Maury, so I guess your block has all of them. It is true that there are a substantial number of LT families at SWS. This is not surprising given that SWS is a very popular school, has a relatively different vibe than LT and about half of the LT inbound actually lives closer to SWS. It is also true that over 60% of school aged kids in the LT IB attending a DCPS or DCPCS go to LT, which is not particularly different than Brent, which also likely has more kids in private school because of proximity and the wealth of the IB. So, again, the majority of people are making a choice different than you did a decade ago and in a year where 50%+ of the Brent K waiting list could have gone there if they wished (58 offers) and half the "HRCS" in the city have no/short waiting lists from K up, it's not like they're stuck there.

Also, there is only one first grade teacher who could remotely be described as old school. While I don't know if she (or either of the others) has ever used collective punishment, I do know that Principal Miller has actually specifically reiterated to teachers that it's not permitted, so it is definitely not true that she does nothing when parents complain.[/quote]

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