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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former CMI parent here -

generally feedback: 
- CMI had a cult following from when it opened in 2012 till about 2019. In 2019 MV8 opened its doors and it was an obvious choice for a lot of the CMI current families or families that would have gone there otherwise  (similar location, but plus Spanish immersion and DCI feeder ... no brainer).  
- The biggest fault of CMI is that its its too "in the middle" -- no immersion, no feeder, sad test scores -- because of this there really isn't a good reason to go there over your DCPS and parents are really forced to take a shot at the lottery every year ... which causes an extreme amount of student turnover. 
3. With all of that said, the campus is lovely and you will be completely happy there in prek3/4  .. you will just likely want to lottery out as you age up. 
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Isn't the real problem whatever is causing the sad test scores?[/quote]

it's more complicated then that because testing doesn't start till 3rd grade... and very few families coming in in prek make it that far -- so CMI is contending with a lot of kids that are Lottering in to the upper grades that may or may not be entering with math/reading proficiency[/quote]

And why are people leaving?
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it's the same up hill battle that DCPS faces in the upper elementary grades -- once your kids hits 2nd+ grade you have to plan for the future... If your school doesn't have a viable middle/high school you will lottery every year and that doesn't pan out you will move or go private ... [/quote]

Let me phrase it another way. Why does ITS have okay retention and okay test scores while CMI does not? They both have unviable middle and high schools. So why the difference?[/quote]

ITS has a viable middle school.  It's quite good actually.[/quote]

I meant, they both have unviable DCPS IB middle and high schools. The question really is why does ITS have good enough retention and a good enough middle school (if you like small schools), and CMI does not? They both serve the same grades. Similar non-language immersion, non-Montessori curriculum, similar UMC progressive feel. Similar year of founding. Similar size.  Similar lack of high school. Why did ITS get over the hump of creating a viable middle school and CMI did not?[/quote]

ITS may do a better job with discipline and behavior management. This was an issue at TRY for us beginning in 3rd grade; we left prior to 4th grade—there’s no way TR can run a decent MS given their “we don’t observe any bullying” approach to discipline. I’ve heard similar stories from friends with kids at Creative Minds.
Classroom management is where many of these charter schools fall apart in upper ES. If your kid is in a classroom of complete chaos (or worse being bullied), you likely won’t see language immersion as being such a priority.[/quote]

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