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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid hits Upper Elem, you'll have a very different perspective. That's when school becomes very real and has consequences. You think nearly an entire parent community board leaves for nothing? A lot of time, energy, and effort were put in because kids were being negatively affected. Some of those parents were actually educators that volunteered to assist with curriculum development and standardization as well as classroom management techniques. All are critical as the kids get older. SSMA is really not even doing Montessori in Upper Elem.  At DCPS parents have some power, not at charters. [/quote]

I completely agree. We were at SSMA for four years. We were content for 3.5 of those years. When it did fall apart and we landed at a DCPS, we were absolutely floored by how well it was run. The kids are more happy. We are more happy. Things that we just came to accept, upon looking back, were just completely unacceptable. No AC, recess on the parking lot, an after care program where they were literally having children put their face against the wall as punishment. We viewed them as problems that WE could fix. None of these things can be fixed without the administration's help and approval. When they threatened to decertify the Community Association, a lot of families suddenly realized that there was nothing they could do. When you leave SSMA, and you will, you realize how much you missed out on.[/quote]

We passed up SSMA for Langley two years ago and feel sooo lucky that we did.  I knew there were issues but had no idea how bad things would get.[/quote]

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