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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m jealous of all of you. We are at lamb. Aftercare is terrible and almost no one gets in after teacher preference and FARMS Preference. It costs 500 for before and aftercare and 440 for just aftercare. Glorified babysitting at best. Terrible![/quote]

We are at LAMB too. There are plenty of spots, albeit still a shortage. I have no idea what a FARMS preference is.

It is totally fine, the teachers are generally good and there are no screens. Apparently the snacks are good. Outdoor time everyday, and free dance, yoga, art. Can pay extra for soccer and music classes. It is $110/wk but my kids enjoy going. 
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There are not plenty of spots as 60% of the school was shut out due to mismanagement. We ended up pulling our kid out last year because there was no supervision, many altercations, and my child ended up injured. Right now we are struggling to handle pickup but I’m not going through that again. I do understand they let the main director go, so things might have changed this year. [/quote]

I'm sorry to hear this was your child's experience.  My kid loves aftercare at LAMB.  I haven't heard of any altercations in any of the primary classes, I don't have enough experience with the higher grades.  While there is a waitlist, and I get not having guaranteed aftercare year after year is stressful, it's nowhere near 60% of the school - more like 15-20%.  Still too high--I get it--but no need to grossly exaggerate.  [/quote]

I can’t wait until you hit lower el and upper el and actually see what’s going on. And yes it really is close to 60%.  [/quote]

There are 575 students at LAMB.  The waitlist for aftercare is ~100 kids.  100/575=17.4% of students are on the waitlist. Even assuming there are kids who would were "shut out" but aren't on the waitlist, there are ~350 kids enrolled in BASE, which is 60% of the school.  So, no, it is not "close to 60%" that was shut out.  Your inability to admit facts makes your vague threats about lower and upper el carry a lot less weight.[/quote]

Oh no! You think my comments don’t carry a lot of weight! I won’t be able to sleep at night now! The horror!

What you’re not adding in is the amount of people who have removed themselves from the waitlist entirely because they are used to a new provider. Those people number around 200.  You’re also not factoring in the people who started at lamb and don’t even bother putting their names on a double digit waitlist. So yeah that would be closer to 60%.

Putting out there- a 100 student waitlist for aftercare with NO ALTERNATIVES PRESENTED is completely f*cked up. Some people cannot use Brillando because they’re too old, Casa Lala because it’s too far, and the other alternatives are generally geared towards younger kids.  [/quote]

Please stop. If you hate LAMB this much, please disenroll. That’s totally fine. Two of my kids thrived there. One did not. A Montessori bilingual program is not for every child or family. That’s ok.

But please stop spewing made up nonsense about after care of all things. If you’d like a recommendation of a great aftercare alternative for older kids, the boys and girls club program in petworth is terrific and very affordable. There is a bus from LAMB. It is only for kids age 6 and up.

Honestly, I wish you best of luck and hope that you and your kids kindly find a great place at your inbound school, or whatever school is right for you. [/quote]

It is people like you that so serious harm to a school. I understand that you might not be bright enough to see the slipping academic standards, the mediocre to nonexistent spanish, the fact that lamb is one of DCI’s lowest performers, the inability to retain and keep teachers, but surely you were smart enough to question the fact that a public school claimed they could not meet the needs of one of your children?  Wow.

Please stop telling people not to push the school or ask questions. Your Karen seems super strong and you are empowered enough to tell people online to shut up. But parents should always question administrators about where the school is headed and how your child is doing. And by the way, don’t presume to know my situation.  I’m not sending my child to some random Boys and a Girls club. The white parents pushing for this option are allllllll gossipied about by your precious administrators behind their backs. I actually agree- wouldn’t take the place of a child in need just because lamb can’t handle basic aftercare.

PS- if aftercare is going so well, why was the director quietly fired over the summer?

PPS- you might want to look at where the Board of directors (almost entirely white) sends their kids.  There has been a lot of turnover and most have pulled their kids from lamb. They’re not sending their kids to dci (knowing how lamb students fare there). Just food for thought. [/quote]

I will ignore all of this, except one point that I think might benefit other families. LAMB is a Montessori Bilingual school- it has a very specific approach to education and I actually find it quite rigorous and intense. One of my children had some learning challenges related to language processing and we figured out that bilingual wasn’t a great fit for her.

Not sure what you mean about DCI- I have a child there who is doing quite well.

Best of luck with whatever the future holds for you! [/quote]

Montessori is not rigorous. It builds many skills in children but it is not known for rigor, that is the point in fact. [/quote]

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