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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former LAMB parent here with two kids now at DCI. I agree with others, we stayed for the community and because our kids were happy. But this came at a cost: math and English tutoring and homework so they actually learned the common core. We got the tutor recommendations from other LAMB parents and most of our friends there had tutors too. Meaning: the academic results are in great part thanks to the tutors and work at home rather than the teachers. We could afford it so this worked for us, otherwise we would have left earlier in search of better academic programs. [/quote]

I just don’t understand the overemphasis and inflated importance of community that so many parents ascribe to in elementary schools in DC. What was so great about the community that it was worth having to supplement so heavily? [/quote]

Yeah I don't get it. I remember making this realization when we were assessing our EOTP DCPS schools vs some of the DCI feeders, and I remember thinking "we can either supplement the soft perks or supplement academics." When faced with a choice I've also chosen schools with stronger academics and have never had regrets.[/quote]

Former lamb parent here: your mileage may vary from teacher to teacher. That’s my biggest beef with lamb. That said I did not see any dcps with stronger academics than lamb. If anything I thought lamb was better for my high achieving kid. Before lamb wrecked their special ed program I thought they offered more and better special ed tutors than dcps and other dci feeders. My close friends had younger kids and were done with the commute and it was clear my kids were doing harder work at lamb than our excellent dcps.  That said, it’s hard to decide at lamb since there is zero homework and the only assessment tool is NWEA MAP. [/quote]

It's not possible to compare a strong DCPS elementary with LAMB. There are pluses and minuses of each. One aspect of LAMB that you have to understand is that Montessori doesn't work for all students and there are kids who will do better in a traditional school format. Your kids may have been well-suited to LAMB but we also know people whose kids struggled with the curriculum and who wound up supplementing academics heavily to prepare for middle school. It just depends. But you can also never go back in time and see how your kids would have done at a DCPS. So you just don't know.[/quote]

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