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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former CMI parent here -

generally feedback: 
- CMI had a cult following from when it opened in 2012 till about 2019. In 2019 MV8 opened its doors and it was an obvious choice for a lot of the CMI current families or families that would have gone there otherwise  (similar location, but plus Spanish immersion and DCI feeder ... no brainer).  
- The biggest fault of CMI is that its its too "in the middle" -- no immersion, no feeder, sad test scores -- because of this there really isn't a good reason to go there over your DCPS and parents are really forced to take a shot at the lottery every year ... which causes an extreme amount of student turnover. 
3. With all of that said, the campus is lovely and you will be completely happy there in prek3/4  .. you will just likely want to lottery out as you age up. 
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Also a former CMI parent and definitely part of the early cult. All this is true. [/quote]

This is fascinating, why was it a cult and what went wrong?[/quote]

In 2008 Dc started offering free prek, With universal free pre-k where was more incentive to stay in the city for longer. DC then had a huge Baby boom (especially in the greater petworth area) where you could still easily afford a 3+ bedroom row house in the 2010s. - but a lot of the DCPS elementary schools, at that time, weren't really considered (by Upper Middle Class) a place you would be willing to send your 3 year old -- (Powell hadn't renovated, John lewis, formally West hadn't renovated, poor test schools etc) .. so charters Boomed. CMI opening in 2012 was the perfect timing for all of those upper middle class families, that would never send their kid to DCPS, but would happily all go to CMI's private school like campus for free.  Now, 11 years later.. DCPS has improved greatly, way more better charters have opened, there are early education campuses (like military), and tons of daycares that offer free prek ..... there is literally no good reason to go CMI unless you lose the lottery.[/quote]

Spot on.

Unfortunate even with the DCPS improvements and other better charters, that area (and most of the city) still have the feeder concerns.

Maybe that can be fixed with Wells for that part of the city? [/quote]

I'm super unclear on why CMI isn't one of those "better charters"-- I would think having a few years' head start would be an advantage.[/quote]

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