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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people think there will be more waitlist movement as we hit August? We've barely seen our number move at all at LAMB (pk3). Not sure if that's the usual pattern or if it feels like the waitlist is moving slower this year?[/quote]

There was a big exodus from Upper El this year, although that doesn’t mean they will backfill for the younger grades. [/quote]

Wow, why did that happen?[/quote]

I'm sure there were some people that pulled Upper El kids because they were unhappy but most of the people I know who are leaving Upper El, are doing so because they got a spot at Latin or BASIS.  For the families I am friends with, this was less about LAMB and more about Latin/BASIS.[/quote]

It is absolutely a referendum on lamb to leave for basis or Latin. Neither has spanish (very telling- and many of the families who are leaving told me that their children’s spanish had deteriorated to the point where they decided to abandon spanish) and since dci at lamb is practically guaranteed, it is more of a question whether these kids want to waste 5th grade coloring and napping or if they want to go to a school that actually teaches math, for example.

Again I know many families happy with their teachers, but it should ring warning bells that so many upper el families left. [/quote]

As a parent who is leaving, I agree with this. If LAMB was good in a good place, people wouldn't be leaving. There are reasons for the mass exodus. They may be individual reasons, but they all, at least in part, trace back to a school that is in decline despite good teachers.[/quote]

I am in total agreement with you. Last year the upper el parents complained about many things, but mostly that upper el standards varied dramatically from classroom to classroom. I knew parents who had a very different experience than I did. While I generally think the school has the potential to be great, upper el is the weakest link. For a long time the complaints have fallen on deaf ears. I am not very optimistic that there will be any improvement based on the current temporary principal and ED. Perhaps the new ED (whenever they’re here?) will focus on upper el, but I am not optimistic with the current Board of Directors.  [i]Only one or two of them have any connection to Latin America, the Board chair seems hostile to parents, and as stated earlier on this thread, many board members pulled their kids out of upper el. This is remarkably telling in my opinion[/i].  [/quote]

Excluding the italicized this is all 100% applicable to TR as well.[/quote]

I think TR is in much, much dire shape than Lamb.[/quote]

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