Anonymous wrote:LAMB is one of the most cautious schools on COVID in the world, so that should probably factor into your decision. It is very likely that children will be required to wear masks for most or all of next school year. There is also a high risk of LAMB closing for significant periods of time if COVID worsens again. LAMB is also very likely to keep very strict isolation and quarantine requirements. They are not interested in following government health guidance. Some may see this as a plus and some may see this as a minus. It’s up to you.

What are you talking about? They have test-to-stay policies for unvaccinated kids and no testing or quarantine requirements at all for vaccinated kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

We had the same choice and decided to stay at LAMB. I like the fact that the LAMB administration isn’t beholden to the DCPS central office politics.

I don’t think that is a plus, specially with LAMB.

LAMB has much more control over the hiring and firing of teachers. DCPS doesn’t have any accountability when it comes to staffing and leaves schools short staffed for the entire school year. Therefore, LAMB’s student teacher ratio is way lower than most DCPS schools. Mann has to rely on fundraising to hire addition teacher aides.

Say what you want but one thing Mann doesn’t suffer from is lack of teachers. (My kid had two teachers in an 18 person class at Mann this year, for example). From the perspective of the OP who is considering these two specific choices, that would probably not be a factor.

I think OP should go to Mann. If you’re looking at traditional schools with a lot of white kids and no foreign language, lamb is not going to be a fit for you. Don’t feel bad, your spot will be backfilled or snapped up by a family who prioritizes these things. Best of luck.

She played the lottery for a reason, she is Probably not happy with LAMB right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

We had the same choice and decided to stay at LAMB. I like the fact that the LAMB administration isn’t beholden to the DCPS central office politics.

I don’t think that is a plus, specially with LAMB.

LAMB has much more control over the hiring and firing of teachers. DCPS doesn’t have any accountability when it comes to staffing and leaves schools short staffed for the entire school year. Therefore, LAMB’s student teacher ratio is way lower than most DCPS schools. Mann has to rely on fundraising to hire addition teacher aides.

Say what you want but one thing Mann doesn’t suffer from is lack of teachers. (My kid had two teachers in an 18 person class at Mann this year, for example). From the perspective of the OP who is considering these two specific choices, that would probably not be a factor.

I think OP should go to Mann. If you’re looking at traditional schools with a lot of white kids and no foreign language, lamb is not going to be a fit for you. Don’t feel bad, your spot will be backfilled or snapped up by a family who prioritizes these things. Best of luck.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

We had the same choice and decided to stay at LAMB. I like the fact that the LAMB administration isn’t beholden to the DCPS central office politics.

I don’t think that is a plus, specially with LAMB.

LAMB has much more control over the hiring and firing of teachers. DCPS doesn’t have any accountability when it comes to staffing and leaves schools short staffed for the entire school year. Therefore, LAMB’s student teacher ratio is way lower than most DCPS schools. Mann has to rely on fundraising to hire addition teacher aides.

Say what you want but one thing Mann doesn’t suffer from is lack of teachers. (My kid had two teachers in an 18 person class at Mann this year, for example). From the perspective of the OP who is considering these two specific choices, that would probably not be a factor.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

We had the same choice and decided to stay at LAMB. I like the fact that the LAMB administration isn’t beholden to the DCPS central office politics.

I don’t think that is a plus, specially with LAMB.

LAMB has much more control over the hiring and firing of teachers. DCPS doesn’t have any accountability when it comes to staffing and leaves schools short staffed for the entire school year. Therefore, LAMB’s student teacher ratio is way lower than most DCPS schools. Mann has to rely on fundraising to hire addition teacher aides.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

We had the same choice and decided to stay at LAMB. I like the fact that the LAMB administration isn’t beholden to the DCPS central office politics.

I don’t think that is a plus, specially with LAMB.

Wait until your kid has special needs. We left lamb because it moved to the 14th St Campus and didn’t provide a bus or any solution get there. I moved to a very highly regarded dcps and found my child’s special education cut in half by dcps.

So on one hand you have administration that lies to parents and literally moves buildings, causing many families to leave. On the other you have dcps central office.

LAMB is one of the most cautious schools on COVID in the world, so that should probably factor into your decision. It is very likely that children will be required to wear masks for most or all of next school year. There is also a high risk of LAMB closing for significant periods of time if COVID worsens again. LAMB is also very likely to keep very strict isolation and quarantine requirements. They are not interested in following government health guidance. Some may see this as a plus and some may see this as a minus. It’s up to you.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

We had the same choice and decided to stay at LAMB. I like the fact that the LAMB administration isn’t beholden to the DCPS central office politics.

I don’t think that is a plus, specially with LAMB.

Anonymous wrote:Aside from the obvious differences of Spanish and Montessori at LAMB, which school has stronger administration, academics, socialization, community, etc. to hopefully stay for several years? This is for a current LAMB family and the commute to either school is not a major issue.

We had the same choice and decided to stay at LAMB. I like the fact that the LAMB administration isn’t beholden to the DCPS central office politics.

Anonymous wrote:How much has the Mann population changed post-Covid closures? Still affluent but less “monied”? No appreciable difference?

It hasn’t changed much. A few families that were always going to switch to private eventually peeled away earlier than it would have. If anything, I think fewer families with young kids are able to buy homes in-bounds given how crazy the prices have gotten in the area. But it’s still the same mix of high achieving families, maybe with a heavier skew towards diplomats than in the past.

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Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Holy Batman, take a gander at their PARCC scores before calling someone a racist pos. Mann does FAR better than LAMB for ELL, black, and hispanic/latino kids. I'd ask Jeff to delete your name calling, but you're so flat out wrong that it's funny and should be left up so other's can see.

PARCC scores do not equal better academics. Stop using them as a metric.

Also, it has been proven that standardized test scores are correlated almost directly to household SES and race. So...

So…both schools have at-risk populations in the single digits. Difference in school performance is not about SES or race, or one school having easier to teach kids. It’s about the methodology, teaching, or other more complicated factors. Some kids struggle in Montessori and some struggle in immersion. Add push factors that keep families in the schools despite it not being a good fit for their kids, and you have kids that would be doing fine in a monolingual traditional school struggling at LAMB. Maybe they’re better teachers under the circumstances, but if they can’t get kids to grade level that would be at grade level at other schools then no, the academics just aren’t better enough.

How much has the Mann population changed post-Covid closures? Still affluent but less “monied”? No appreciable difference?

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Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Holy Batman, take a gander at their PARCC scores before calling someone a racist pos. Mann does FAR better than LAMB for ELL, black, and hispanic/latino kids. I'd ask Jeff to delete your name calling, but you're so flat out wrong that it's funny and should be left up so other's can see.

PARCC scores do not equal better academics. Stop using them as a metric.

Also, it has been proven that standardized test scores are correlated almost directly to household SES and race. So...

Since when LAMB is known for the low SES families that attend? I hope you don’t assume Hispanic equals low SES.

I've taught at Mann and know their population. They have amazing teachers but the muppet babies could be in front of those classes and the kids would still get 4s and 5s on PARCC

Sure/ maybe, but, “they have amazing teachers.”

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Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Holy Batman, take a gander at their PARCC scores before calling someone a racist pos. Mann does FAR better than LAMB for ELL, black, and hispanic/latino kids. I'd ask Jeff to delete your name calling, but you're so flat out wrong that it's funny and should be left up so other's can see.

PARCC scores do not equal better academics. Stop using them as a metric.

Also, it has been proven that standardized test scores are correlated almost directly to household SES and race. So...

Since when LAMB is known for the low SES families that attend? I hope you don’t assume Hispanic equals low SES.

I've taught at Mann and know their population. They have amazing teachers but the muppet babies could be in front of those classes and the kids would still get 4s and 5s on PARCC

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Anonymous wrote: It is very unlikely to find someone with experience at both schools. Academics and administration are probably stronger at Mann.

I love how some racist pos assumes a majority white school will “obviously” have better academics.

Holy Batman, take a gander at their PARCC scores before calling someone a racist pos. Mann does FAR better than LAMB for ELL, black, and hispanic/latino kids. I'd ask Jeff to delete your name calling, but you're so flat out wrong that it's funny and should be left up so other's can see.

PARCC scores do not equal better academics. Stop using them as a metric.

Also, it has been proven that standardized test scores are correlated almost directly to household SES and race. So...

Since when LAMB is known for the low SES families that attend? I hope you don’t assume Hispanic equals low SES.