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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are several former families posting here. We spend seven years at MV. My older child went from prek- 5th and we pulled my second child.  I know dozens and dozens of parents who tried to solve similar problems, and all left in frustration. These are families who joined the school in the first or second year if its existence with nothing but enthusiasm and hope. And families who joined a few years later, hoping for the best. All tried to change things when they saw problems arise. They had senior roles in the Padres parent organization, They tried to stop expansion. They supported the forming of the union. They volunteered in the classrooms.

The administration shuts down dissent and is secretive about what's going on. And then they craft some spin-doctored talking points that don't address any of the concerns families raise. It is not a situation that can be changed, unless the senior administration is replaced.

I know two families who pulled kids mid-year this year because things were untenable.

Leave now or leave later. [/quote]

Not at MV but according to the retention data they aren’t bleeding students. [/quote]

Which sort of speaks to how bad the alternatives are.[/quote]

I posted previously about similar dynamics at my kids' charter, and this is true. A bad day at one of these better-regarded charters is still better than a good day at my inbound. [/quote]

Same! Everyone leaves my IB between first and third grade. In addition, we have 0% chance at DCI if we stayed at our IB. 
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Well, for the kids who are in upper elementary now, MV really was a better option several years ago.  Nowadays I guess it just depends what you're willing to tolerate in exchange for Spanish and the unspecified probability of DCI.  But the way MV burns through its K and older waitlists, any family with a kid at Langley, Seaton, or Garrison past preschool has effectively chosen that over MV.  And those schools have full or near-full K classes.  This was not the case 5 years ago.  And it's part of why MV's star has dimmed.[/quote]

:lol: [/quote]

Laugh all you want, the numbers are there.  People are choosing Langley over MV in K, 1st, 2nd.  LANGLEY.[/quote]

But they aren't staying in 3-5.  Langley's PARRC scores are pretty terrible.[/quote]

Those scores are several years old so whatever. If you control for demographics, MV's scores are not impressive at all.[/quote]

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