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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We sent our two kids to MV. Only one graduated from there. We pulled the other one out after five years. Like many, we were wooed by the community, bilingual program and sustainability focus. Like many we wanted it to work. We knew of its potential. We loved many of the teachers and still hold relationships with several of them.

However, since 2016 (at least) MV has had an issue with teachers leaving and administration failing to communicate the departure or their plan to replace staff. Even then, there was one classroom that lost five teachers over the course of a year.

When MV wanted to expand (which was not shared by the administration but with a community member who happened upon the plans for a second campus), the parent community begged the school not to. We all knew the school was not ready to scale. There were issues with testing scores, teachers leaving, and the fact that the school was so new it wasn’t a proven model yet. They held off on expanding a year, but in that year only more problems began to show.

Over the years (pre pandemic), principals would last only one year, teachers left in droves mid year, and violence amongst students did not result in consequences. The teachers decided to unionize and the community supported them as a way to get the administration to listen. Instead of supporting the teachers, the administration brought in union busters.

When my oldest started DCI, every daywear heard how MV had failed to equip them with the knowledge to keep up with peers from other schools. When our youngest was behind in reading by two years, we decided enough was enough. We left after being with the school for more than a decade.

We had planted the school’s garden, built furniture for the school, fundraised for their kitchen and ridiculously expensive playground, and more. When we sent an email to the administration to explain our decision to leave, we got zero response.

I’m not surprised to hear any of the current gripes of parents. This isn’t new. This has been festering since pre pandemic years. I only hope the board finally gets wise and takes action. The school holds promise but not with the current administration at the helm.
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We probably know each other. Totally agree with all of this. I hold little hope of the Board doing anything (either school Board or charter board). The saddest thing to me is that Kristen made the decision to take the option for the school to favor low income kids in the lottery. Those are the kids who are most vulnerable to all of MV's flaws. But their parents may be less likely to organize and complain. I assume that is Kristen's hope.[/quote]

TR did the same thing. While the school is in free-fall, potentially a death spiral, the school decides to opt in to the at risk preferences. The school is unable to manage the behavioral and special needs of the current population yet opts in. This feels very much like the school using at-risk preference as a shield against pervasive failures. I assume MV is as craven and duplicitous.   [/quote]

I assume charter leadership does this to boost their personal resumes. [/quote]

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