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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is LAMB is a public charter school, and IMO the Montessori ideal needs to be adjusted to meet the needs of a city with few educational options.

Private Montessori schools can do as they wish, but allowing a school to operate at less than full capacity feels wrong to me. LAMB has chosen to not follow Montessori practices on other issues (computers, art and music teachers)

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I don't think it's actually operating at less than full capacity. It that shown somewhere?[/quote]

It is operating below its enrollment ceiling.

17-18 audited enrollment by grade

83/79/76/45/55/48/43/33 (total 462)

Ceiling for 17-18 by grade

72/80/74/52/58/51/49/42 (total 484)

So they enrolled 10 more ECE students in 2017-18 than their enrollment matrix projected (perhaps reflecting the commitment made to the PCSB to backfill at PK4 and K) but are still well below capacity.

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They aren’t trying to get to their enrollment ceiling  of 600 in one year. That’s too much to ask. They are phasing it in over a number of years.  And they are limited in their numbers allowed at Kingsbury for a few years.  That is probably a big reason they may not be adding much this year. [/quote]

Right - the phase in was supposed to have them growing to 484 by the end of SY 2018 and get to 600 by 2026. When they got the enrollment ceiling increase in 2016, Kingsbury wasn't on their radar screen at all so that isn't the issue. [/quote]

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