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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montessori needs to be central and on easy transportation routes to support ED families. 2/3 of the Montessori preschool is ED. Also must have easy public transportation.[/quote]

But they are already happily going to Jamestown now, including the 2/3rds ED.  
Jamestown has 3 Montessori classrooms now, it’s a popular and familiar location for the program.  Discovery has one classroom also.
And the classrooms are not 2/3rds disadvantaged after K, this is only an APS requirement for age 3-K.[/quote]

Correct, at least in theory. But in practice, since the APS preschoolers in montessori fill the elementary slots,  the income proportion roughly does carry over. Hard to imagine it's not at least 40-50% if not 2/3rds. For the last year and certainly going forward, unless a child attended aps montesorri preschool, its a slim to none chance of attending Henry. [/quote]

This is incorrect.   Title I requires a school to be at least 40% FARMS.  The school staff said in the budget discussion that the Montessori program would no longer be Title I when it moved to its own building.[/quote]

I think you are correct. While 2/3 of the slots are reserved for people making under 80% AMI, that is not poverty. Kids who are eligible to receive fr/l are not in Montessori in large numbers. Surprising. There is a fee at the 3-year-old year that I think is a barrier for many families whose kids qualify for fr/l. [/quote]

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