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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to the emergency town hall on staff retention at Cmi last night. Just this school year — in the middle of the school year— they lost 7 teachers and 6 administrators. The teachers at CMI are mostly great (except the ps 3 teacher who was too new and frazzled to  handle  a horrible mix of rowdy kids). The problem, however is the school’s founder/Director. Until she leaves, all the hr consultants in the world won’t make a difference. [u][i][b]She is cold and toxic.[/b][/i][/u] That said, cmi is not a horrible school.. it’s going through growing pains and it’s showing big time. They need support and help. I’m confident that it can live up to its own standards again when the founder leaves .[/quote]

NP here.

What problems have you had?

For me, she's spoke poorly about me multiple times to other parents, who have then come up to me to tell me how much they disliked it, but also told me that they wanted to stay on her "good" side.  I've never heard of her doing this to other families.  Ironically, her issue with me is that our child has severe special needs and she wanted us to move out of the school.  I refused.  She then started campaigning to get me out of the school.  She is/was relentless.[/quote]

Did you ever think she had your kids best interests in mind? Inclusion is not always the best placement. For us it wasn’t. CMI did everything they could to help DC succeed and in the end, we all came to the conclusion that DC would be better served in a private setting through public funding. [/quote]

And CMI was willing to pay? [/quote]

NP. OSSE pays. Same as it does for DCPS students who receive private placements.

The numbers of students from every LEA and what private schools they attend are publicly available in the enrollment audit report. https://osse.dc.gov/node/1306796[/quote]

Osse does pay but having the LEA on your side while writing the iep and requesting the placement makes the difference between a smooth transition and a lawsuit.  [/quote]

GOOD.  Because DCPS has historically stacked the deck against families trying to get services for their children.  It's why they lost a lawsuit and basically had to give away private school spots.  They can't be trusted.[/quote]

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