OP here. Not worried about additional rankings, if we don't get in we will continue with our private daycare/preschool which is Spanish immersion. I am not a native speaker, but am fluent, speak Spanish at work all day, and speak Spanish with our child. Child speaks as much or more Spanish than English, but would apply as English-dominant. More interested in whether people think LAMB vs Bancroft is worth it in the long-term, as we know Bancroft is well regarded, but think LAMB could be interesting, know we only really have a chance to get in now, and are curious about what people think about the differences, especially the differences between going to the neighborhood school vs one with kids from all over.

Does anyone actually have an opinion on Bancroft vs LAMB? We are at LAMB SD right now, but are considering moving to Mount Pleasant. If we did that, we might need to make that choice as well. I care about Spanish, kind of agnostic on Montessori.

(Before anyone jumps all over me for "taking" a LAMB spot and possibly not staying, we are at the SD campus so we can't stay there anyway. Our choices are transfer to 14th st or move inbounds for another school we like).

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

I think Pp is talking about LAMB not wanting kids with no Spanish background after K since it
Will be hard for LAMB to serve them.

Soooooo hard for poor LAMB. DCPS has to take kids who speak no English, in all grade levels, all year round. Why is it doable for DCPS and not for LAMB?

Don't forget that LAMB is also a Montessori school, which would make it doubly difficult for a child entering at a higher grade. Capital Hill Montessori, which is a DCPS school, only accepts transfer students if they are transferring from an accredited Montessori school. From their website:

"Depending on space availability, transfer students are accepted for all grades from Pre-school through Grade 8, if the child transferring is from an accredited Association of Montessori Internationale school or program."

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

Uh I don’t think you get it. LAMB would prefer to have far more ELL kids but they can’t. Those kids are actually harder to serve.

Sure they can, all they gotta do is start letting kids in for all grades. Some of them will be ELL. Ta-da!

Probably very few of them though statistically speaking.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

I think Pp is talking about LAMB not wanting kids with no Spanish background after K since it
Will be hard for LAMB to serve them.

Soooooo hard for poor LAMB. DCPS has to take kids who speak no English, in all grade levels, all year round. Why is it doable for DCPS and not for LAMB?

See they aren’t talking about English dominant kids. You still make no sense. One of the primary reasons LAMB does not take upper grade kids is because it can’t select for those who already know Spanish.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

I think Pp is talking about LAMB not wanting kids with no Spanish background after K since it
Will be hard for LAMB to serve them.

Soooooo hard for poor LAMB. DCPS has to take kids who speak no English, in all grade levels, all year round. Why is it doable for DCPS and not for LAMB?

you sound super salty

Do you have an actual answer though?

So, like what's your deal? Are you mad about charters in general? Is there something specific to LAMB that makes you mad?

im an np without a dog in this fight. you seem to really have it out for lamb.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

I think Pp is talking about LAMB not wanting kids with no Spanish background after K since it
Will be hard for LAMB to serve them.

Soooooo hard for poor LAMB. DCPS has to take kids who speak no English, in all grade levels, all year round. Why is it doable for DCPS and not for LAMB?

you sound super salty

Do you have an actual answer though?

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

I think Pp is talking about LAMB not wanting kids with no Spanish background after K since it
Will be hard for LAMB to serve them.

Soooooo hard for poor LAMB. DCPS has to take kids who speak no English, in all grade levels, all year round. Why is it doable for DCPS and not for LAMB?

you sound super salty

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

I think Pp is talking about LAMB not wanting kids with no Spanish background after K since it
Will be hard for LAMB to serve them.

Soooooo hard for poor LAMB. DCPS has to take kids who speak no English, in all grade levels, all year round. Why is it doable for DCPS and not for LAMB?

I wouldn’t stress over this until you’re actually presented with the choice. The odds of getting at either are very low. To the extent you’re stressing over which to rank first vs. second, I wouldn’t worry too much either. I’d focus more on some solid choices for 3-12.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

I think Pp is talking about LAMB not wanting kids with no Spanish background after K since it
Will be hard for LAMB to serve them.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

WTF are you talking about? LAMB would kill for a bunch of Spanish dominant kids.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Except the kid that they admit will be behind, versus the kid who was admitted in pk3 whose spot OP’s kid took. It’s just thoughtless.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is a great school. Don’t lottery if you’re going to leave. That just screws other kids.

Seriously. That spot usually doesn’t get back-filled by another kid your kid’s age who really wanted LAMB because they don’t accept hardly any kids after PK3.

This is LAMB's fault, not the posters. None of us know at preK3 what we want long term for our children and the lottery system is built around that fact.

LAMB backfills any spots through Kinder and stops taking new kids at 1st grade. So if someone wants to try LAMB for PK3/PK4 and then moves to the IB for Kinder, that spot is fully usable for someone else. LAMB (and the other charters) can't test for Spanish proficiency. This policy means that it can control for kids coming in at later grades without any Spanish knowledge.

Oh noes! DCPS takes kids without any English knowledge...

I don’t even understand this comment

So refusing to take kids that are harder to serve is a luxury that some schools have and some don't. Think of that when you're patting yourselves on the back for being so much better. Or poor LAMB just can't handle the challenge.

Uh I don’t think you get it. LAMB would prefer to have far more ELL kids but they can’t. Those kids are actually harder to serve.

Sure they can, all they gotta do is start letting kids in for all grades. Some of them will be ELL. Ta-da!