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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SSMA parent here. Still loving it. Our son is learning so much, the Spanish program is going great and the community association is working great with the administration. Just so that people know, most of those parents that left are all white, so make your conclusions with that in mind. All seats were filled and no financial danger for the school, even if haters want to build fear in those who don’t know[/quote]

Latinx family here. I don't appreciate your erasure of my family, and it's rather telling that you don't seem to notice or care that families that look like mine left.

The Spanish program was definitely not "great" last year, the Montessori and classroom instruction was lacking, but the most troubling aspect is that there was a far from fair process for participation in the program. There was a bizarre secret waitlist that Dr. R revealed at the end of last year she had been maintaining, but there was no clear process to get on it.

I doubt that the community association is working "great" with the administration, but rather "held hostage." It wasn't until we switched schools that I understood what a healthy and productive parent/teacher/school community really looks like.[/quote]

At the open house last year Dr. R said there would be a lottery for the Spanish immersion, which I found odd since other schools with an immersion strand use MSDC rather than an internal lottery. There was no further explanation given about the program itself or the process.[/quote]

It's completely opaque and the only way to get on the list for the immersion lottery is to email the principal, whose email address is not provided publicly. We got in because a friend who already was at SSMA shared the email with us.[/quote]

Latina PP above who mentioned the secret lottery. There’s also a secret waiting list that in a similar fashion you have to know the magic words to get added to. Saying “I’m really interested in the program” will not prompt the administration to reveal its existence or add you to the list. [/quote]

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