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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks for all the feedback. Of course I agree with all the points about the commute to DCB or LAMB being probably untenable. And points taken re: Montessori at LAMB. But as a follow up, what I want to know is - why is DCB, at least (and possibly LAMB) viewed as “better”/ more sought after than MV? What makes it better? [/quote]

LAMB is the oldest immersion charter program in the city. It's a damn near perfect program for kids until they are in third grade or so, when the weaknesses of the montessori approach and the school become more apparent. The academics are not as strong as they should be and the school is pretty hostile to standardized testing. But your child will become fluent in Spanish even if the parents can't speak a word. The montessori approach allows kids a lot of freedom and while some use it to avoid math and other things they don't like, it also allows kids to work far ahead of grade level if they choose. There's no teaching down to the lowest common denominator. It is a lovely, lovely community. Behavioral issues are nonexistent. The building is gorgeous and the outdoor space is great. [/quote]

The building is beautiful but there are a lot of behavior issues with kids.  My daughter was relentlessly bullied and the school did very little/nothing to combat that because it wasn’t directly tied to her race. They would not switch classrooms or help her avoid these kids at all. Gaslighting me was the main way they handled it.

I have also heard from parents who speak spanish that kids aren’t speaking spanish well at all. But that’s secondhand information. I know my daughter was placed in Spanish 2 when she started at dci which isn’t where I thought she’d be after immersion. [/quote]

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