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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any current families worried that they are expanding too quickly?[/quote]

I am a current MV parent and the answer is "Yes", however I have to imagine that many of the new charters that are not part of larger national networks has had similar challenges. MV is not perfect but if you lottery in, it's a reasonable educational option.

MV has some communication challenges and though they try, they fail sometimes. For example, last school year in the spring they notified all current families that the next year the PK3 and PK4 classes would be combined. This announcement came after the lottery season- meaning that if you were uncomfortable with this change, they took away your option of entering the lottery and "choice". When questioned about this, the response from administration was that this move was always in their charter then they proceeded to talk about their space being max-ed out in the current location and to accommodate the siblings of current students as well as grow another year, they had to make this combined class change. OK, which one was it- school charter or growth/limited space management?

There was also a scramble to provide parents after the fact, a research study on combined-aged pre-school classrooms. They also used LAMB as an example of the success of these classrooms. Ok- fair enough but for LAMB... those instructors are trained Montessori instructors who has spent years managing the developmental differences of a new 3 year old and a rising 5 year old. MV teachers do not have that training. They were trying to stay two steps ahead but not quite making it sometimes.

All that said- there are really good things about the school. Their ED is really good! The principal is sometimes not very responsive. The question of whether to enter MV or any of the charters for me would be about my ability to let the school grow while my kid is also growing. It will not be perfect but the kids are engaged and showing progress. Is it enough? The school is too young to really know.[/quote]

What a nice unbiased opinion!![/quote]

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