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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why aren't we asking the LAMB administration to do BETTER this time? We really can't do better than a facility that is probably too small, in an inconvenient location far from transit?[/quote]

Because this is a great space and it will be impossible to find something better? Can you name one location/building where you think that the school can be located and be convenient for ALL families?  There is no such place and I for one think that Kingsbury is as close to perfect as the school can get.[/quote]

This is only because you live down the street. It is at the very top of DC away from downtown.

I see no point to merge into one giant school. There is no savings since the cost of merging into one school will be paid by the families who don't live nearby. Nothing that has been said about Kingsbury is remotely placed in reality. we don't even know if the neighborhood will accept raising the occupancy by 100% (and the subsequent 600 extra cars on the road- the original Kingsbury center had kids bussed in).

We don't know what will happen with the historic board. Whether the plans will be approved. We haven't seen real blue prints. We don't know if the charter board will approve this. we don't know anything but somehow, magically, it will happen in a year. [/quote]

Yes, nothing is certain which is why initially the lamb administrators did not share this information.  But there was pressure among parents that administrators need to be open.  So they had these meetings and shared this opportunity.  As they said, nothing is certain, it is an opportunity that they are exploring, that is all.  We/parents force them to share when they are still in the exploratory stages, and then we criticize them for not having firm enough plans to explain in detail how the move will take place.  That makes no sense.

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Be realistic. The timing here is obvious. They waited until right after the lottery opt-in so the announcement wouldn't hurt their acceptance/enrollment numbers. That way existing parents couldn't decide to go to another school based on this Kingsbury flyer, and prospective students would be trapped with them until the next lottery cycle.

This was a cynical, corporate decision that assigned zero value to the interests of LAMB students and their families.[/quote]

Any updates on this from people in the know? Inquiring accepted student minds want to know.[/quote]

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