And it’s so handy that the school doesn’t have to fill any spots after K.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone on the K waitlist for SD, but who is much closer to Kingsbury, please reconsider taking a spot to “try out” the commute, knowing it’s going to be too difficult and you’ll likely bail in a year or two. Our family getting off the waitlist means we don’t have to choose between a cross town commute to somewhere like Hyde or moving out of the city. It’s your spot, you can of course do with it what you want, but just wanted to put it out there that there are other families who would give an arm and a leg for that spot.

You should not be starting lamb at K. Prepare to bail.

I’ve never met a kid who really learned Spanish after starting at K.

Also you should be aware that the school did not want to take children that late but was forced into it.

I suspect your kid will wash out as well.

Look, be pissed at the school on this board, that's what we're here for. But it's a little nuts to declare that a 5-year-old will "wash out."

Isnt it a little nuts to tell people who live far away to not even bother attending? That poster deserves being told the truth about kids starting at K. Look at the research.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just clarifying that the other reason for the shuttle was that many families who were lied to by the previous administration and made housing choices based on those lies needed a way to actually get to the Kingsbury building.

But I guess the “risk” Charis was trying to reduce was having kids from undesirable parts of the city. Got it!

Classic charter move. We can accept at risk students but only the ones from a more 'desirable' part of the city.

Lamb admin and many LAMB parents are pretty open about making sure that this is a “ward 3/4 school”.

Feel free to search past posts. Kingsbury was a huge mistake.

I hope all the lamb families are okay having their kids breathe in lead dust and CFCs all year while they do emergency construction.

This is what upsets me, I don’t want this to become a ward 3/4 school. We need to have kids from the other wards. Or else the high income and low risk kids will even further dominate.

Pretty sure the families affected are all leaving or playing the lottery or have given up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone on the K waitlist for SD, but who is much closer to Kingsbury, please reconsider taking a spot to “try out” the commute, knowing it’s going to be too difficult and you’ll likely bail in a year or two. Our family getting off the waitlist means we don’t have to choose between a cross town commute to somewhere like Hyde or moving out of the city. It’s your spot, you can of course do with it what you want, but just wanted to put it out there that there are other families who would give an arm and a leg for that spot.

You should not be starting lamb at K. Prepare to bail.

I’ve never met a kid who really learned Spanish after starting at K.

Also you should be aware that the school did not want to take children that late but was forced into it.

I suspect your kid will wash out as well.

I have yet to meet a kid that doesn’t speak Spanish at home that actually speaks Spanish after even getting to DCI. At least not fluently. So that’s hogwash.

I have. Get out and meet people. But none of them started at K.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just clarifying that the other reason for the shuttle was that many families who were lied to by the previous administration and made housing choices based on those lies needed a way to actually get to the Kingsbury building.

But I guess the “risk” Charis was trying to reduce was having kids from undesirable parts of the city. Got it!

Classic charter move. We can accept at risk students but only the ones from a more 'desirable' part of the city.

Lamb admin and many LAMB parents are pretty open about making sure that this is a “ward 3/4 school”.

Feel free to search past posts. Kingsbury was a huge mistake.

I hope all the lamb families are okay having their kids breathe in lead dust and CFCs all year while they do emergency construction.

This is what upsets me, I don’t want this to become a ward 3/4 school. We need to have kids from the other wards. Or else the high income and low risk kids will even further dominate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone on the K waitlist for SD, but who is much closer to Kingsbury, please reconsider taking a spot to “try out” the commute, knowing it’s going to be too difficult and you’ll likely bail in a year or two. Our family getting off the waitlist means we don’t have to choose between a cross town commute to somewhere like Hyde or moving out of the city. It’s your spot, you can of course do with it what you want, but just wanted to put it out there that there are other families who would give an arm and a leg for that spot.

You should not be starting lamb at K. Prepare to bail.

I’ve never met a kid who really learned Spanish after starting at K.

Also you should be aware that the school did not want to take children that late but was forced into it.

I suspect your kid will wash out as well.

I have yet to meet a kid that doesn’t speak Spanish at home that actually speaks Spanish after even getting to DCI. At least not fluently. So that’s hogwash.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone on the K waitlist for SD, but who is much closer to Kingsbury, please reconsider taking a spot to “try out” the commute, knowing it’s going to be too difficult and you’ll likely bail in a year or two. Our family getting off the waitlist means we don’t have to choose between a cross town commute to somewhere like Hyde or moving out of the city. It’s your spot, you can of course do with it what you want, but just wanted to put it out there that there are other families who would give an arm and a leg for that spot.

You should not be starting lamb at K. Prepare to bail.

I’ve never met a kid who really learned Spanish after starting at K.

Also you should be aware that the school did not want to take children that late but was forced into it.

I suspect your kid will wash out as well.

Look, be pissed at the school on this board, that's what we're here for. But it's a little nuts to declare that a 5-year-old will "wash out."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone on the K waitlist for SD, but who is much closer to Kingsbury, please reconsider taking a spot to “try out” the commute, knowing it’s going to be too difficult and you’ll likely bail in a year or two. Our family getting off the waitlist means we don’t have to choose between a cross town commute to somewhere like Hyde or moving out of the city. It’s your spot, you can of course do with it what you want, but just wanted to put it out there that there are other families who would give an arm and a leg for that spot.

You should not be starting lamb at K. Prepare to bail.

I’ve never met a kid who really learned Spanish after starting at K.

Also you should be aware that the school did not want to take children that late but was forced into it.

I suspect your kid will wash out as well.

Anonymous wrote:As someone on the K waitlist for SD, but who is much closer to Kingsbury, please reconsider taking a spot to “try out” the commute, knowing it’s going to be too difficult and you’ll likely bail in a year or two. Our family getting off the waitlist means we don’t have to choose between a cross town commute to somewhere like Hyde or moving out of the city. It’s your spot, you can of course do with it what you want, but just wanted to put it out there that there are other families who would give an arm and a leg for that spot.

You should not be starting lamb at K. Prepare to bail.

As someone on the K waitlist for SD, but who is much closer to Kingsbury, please reconsider taking a spot to “try out” the commute, knowing it’s going to be too difficult and you’ll likely bail in a year or two. Our family getting off the waitlist means we don’t have to choose between a cross town commute to somewhere like Hyde or moving out of the city. It’s your spot, you can of course do with it what you want, but just wanted to put it out there that there are other families who would give an arm and a leg for that spot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just clarifying that the other reason for the shuttle was that many families who were lied to by the previous administration and made housing choices based on those lies needed a way to actually get to the Kingsbury building.

But I guess the “risk” Charis was trying to reduce was having kids from undesirable parts of the city. Got it!

Classic charter move. We can accept at risk students but only the ones from a more 'desirable' part of the city.

Lamb admin and many LAMB parents are pretty open about making sure that this is a “ward 3/4 school”.

Feel free to search past posts. Kingsbury was a huge mistake.

I hope all the lamb families are okay having their kids breathe in lead dust and CFCs all year while they do emergency construction.

Anonymous wrote:Just clarifying that the other reason for the shuttle was that many families who were lied to by the previous administration and made housing choices based on those lies needed a way to actually get to the Kingsbury building.

But I guess the “risk” Charis was trying to reduce was having kids from undesirable parts of the city. Got it!

Classic charter move. We can accept at risk students but only the ones from a more 'desirable' part of the city.

I thought the Kingsbury building was supposed to solve all our problems- but the upper elementary students don’t have a classroom? How does this make sense? Why choose a building with no convenient metro access in a neighborhood with overpriced housing? So many questions.

Just clarifying that the other reason for the shuttle was that many families who were lied to by the previous administration and made housing choices based on those lies needed a way to actually get to the Kingsbury building.

But I guess the “risk” Charis was trying to reduce was having kids from undesirable parts of the city. Got it!

Since this had been asked a few times.



South Dakota Shuttle and Other Areas
There have been a few questions about the previous plans to offer a shuttle from the South Dakota facility to the 14th St. facility. A year and a half ago, the decision to move all the elementary classrooms to 14th St. resulted in a number of families being split across campuses for this school year. LAMB was going to provide a shuttle to help alleviate the challenges this created for families with students at both buildings. The pandemic and resulting restrictions on operations made that plan unfeasible this school year.

Thankfully, this is no longer an issue next school year since families have transferred to 14th St. For this reason, LAMB will not be organizing shuttles between South Dakota and 14th St. This is particularly helpful since we will still be following some safety procedures to keep our students and staff safe. We believe adding a shuttle increases risk unnecessarily.