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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Longtime Arlington parent here who would love to see  Montessori killed. After pre K it is subsidizing alternative ed for UMC parents. Not remotely addressing achievement gap. They dress themselves in Maria Montessori’s halo but spare us. That said, they are a bunch of tiger moms who have entrenched themselves in the AC/DC hypocrisy. They will niever die. [/quote]

Look, if they would take a larger share of students who actually qualify for fr/l, I am fine with them continuing. I have a real problem with any "option" schoool that is not actually an option for the kids who are most disadvantaged and have the most to gain from a quality pre-K experience and an integrated ES. Don't kill it, fight to make it fair and equitable and accessible. [/quote]

What about HB Woodlawn or ATS? They are hardly more diverse than Yorktown HS. Should they be eliminated as well? Both of those schools are option programs with a lower farms rate than the county average. Let's see how montessori compares as a standalone program next year before we get out the ax.[/quote]

Whattaboutism knows no bounds, huh? I have a problem with HB, but they aren't responsible if kids don't apply. I suspect their new location will result in a better sampling of diversity. As for ATS, get with the times. They have 26.3% of students receiving fr/l benefits, which is within 5 percentage points of the countywide average.

It would appear that when Montessori is disaggregated from Drew, it will have fewer than 10% of qualifying students, perhaps fewer. And since the only way to get into ES is to be in the Pre-K program, which requires a fee from ALL, I know the reason. There is a literal economic barrier to the program that does not exist an any of the other option programs. Fix it and I will shut up. [/quote]

NP    I agree.  The Montessori tuition scale needs to be entirely revamped.  The "tuition bands" need to be narrower in range and increases greater, especially as you approach and exceed the $200K households.  Why should a $300K household pay the same tuition as a $200K household (I don't have the scale memorized, just citing numbers as an example - but the income levels don't go high enough on the current scale)  We should be doing everything we can to expand preschool to the most economically disadvantaged students, who are most likely to be the students starting out behind.

While ATS' number has gone up, let's keep in mind that includes the VPI programs.  It's not like all those FRL kids are dispersed throughout all the grade levels at that rate.  But it is indeed an improvement, assuming those kids continue on through 5th grade.  And it's an example as to why the VPI classes need to be located in all of the option schools AND those option schools need to be located where those families are likely to choose to stay on through their elementary years.[/quote]

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