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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you’re willing to drive to the Hill, I would lottery for Ludlow. [/quote]

It's worth putting down for the lottery in case you get a great number for one of your kids and it might pull in the other, but otherwise it will be very hard to get multiple kids in lower grades in.[/quote]

I (OP) know enough about the inner workings of LT to know I would never want to send my children there, unfortunately.[/quote]

If you don't want LT then you definitely don't want JO. Don't know why PPs are suggesting it. [/quote]

JO is a good suggestion -- new campus coming, easy commute from East of the River, and actually possible to lottery into from OOB.

Though my bigger question is what OP has against LT, which generally gets great reviews from parents. If OP is currently at Lee EE and considering Global Citizen, the issue is not that LT's test scores aren't high enough. It sounds like OP has a personal grievance against LT (maybe administration or teachers) and thus it has nothing to do with JOW at all.[/quote]

OP actually seems to have personal grievances against many of the DCPS schools mentioned in the thread. I wonder if she’s a low level DCPS Central type who thinks that she’s getting a real sense of what schools are like from her current perch and therefore has rose colored glasses about charters. [/quote]

No. I don’t have a preference between DCPS and charter. The only DCPS I know about that I have major concerns with is LT because I’ve heard about the admin issues, which is exactly what I’m trying to avoid. What I do prefer is something beyond traditional schooling. Unfortunately I looked it up and the Nalle Montessori program is only for primary, and I know CHML is also having admin problems. I just don’t want to switch from one school with admin problems to another - just wouldn’t seem worth it.[/quote]

What is your issue with “traditional schooling”? We pulled our son out of a charter school that touted a progressive approach but also rife with admin issues and weak on academic instruction. He went to LT then on to Latin—had great experiences at both (he’s in HS now). We had no issues with admin, communication etc at either school.

These “progressive “ charter schools are fine in early elementary but lack the academic rigor when it comes to fundamental instruction (foundational math, writing, spelling, etc) that become imperative for your child to progress in later elementary grades.

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