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Anonymous wrote:Good, just keep those expectations in check. Don’t expect the administration to communicate transparently or honestly. If you can handle the way the current White House communicates, you’ll be set.

Don’t expect to have access to DCI, which is what motivates many long tine families to stay. Have an escape valve and middle school back up.

Understand the administration will be highly antagonistic toward the teachers that are working so hard to educate your kid.

Just keep telling yourself... but SPANISH.

Your assumption that current families/those who are the wait list are operating with rose colored glasses in terms of MV is absurd. We're weighing positives versus negatives like any other informed parent, probably every year we re-enroll or choose not to. If you/other long-term parents have this much anger with MV, why did you stay this long? I don't get it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good, just keep those expectations in check. Don’t expect the administration to communicate transparently or honestly. If you can handle the way the current White House communicates, you’ll be set.

Don’t expect to have access to DCI, which is what motivates many long tine families to stay. Have an escape valve and middle school back up.

Understand the administration will be highly antagonistic toward the teachers that are working so hard to educate your kid.

Just keep telling yourself... but SPANISH.

Your assumption that current families/those who are the wait list are operating with rose colored glasses in terms of MV is absurd. We're weighing positives versus negatives like any other informed parent, probably every year we re-enroll or choose not to. If you/other long-term parents have this much anger with MV, why did you stay this long? I don't get it.

I think a lot of parents need to work a little harder to figure out if MV is better than their neighborhood public school... Even those middling DCPS schools right near the profit MV campus have stronger academics.

The majority of families interested in MV is because of language immersion, specifically Spanish. I don’t understand why that is not obvious when the whole curriculum is based on it.

But sure, throw out the #1 reason for families interest in the school and tell us the many DCPS elementary schools close to MV’s campus that has >45% of students scoring 4 on PARCC in both ELA and math and >65% students scoring 3 in both ELA and math. Granted PARCC is not the be all and end all but good objective data to start.

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, all the MV disillusionment... I really want to try to find happy families there as we're being told we'll definitely clear with MV8 waitlist. It's our only bilingual option (PK3) bit really don't know how to feel based at least at what I read here.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good, just keep those expectations in check. Don’t expect the administration to communicate transparently or honestly. If you can handle the way the current White House communicates, you’ll be set.

Don’t expect to have access to DCI, which is what motivates many long tine families to stay. Have an escape valve and middle school back up.

Understand the administration will be highly antagonistic toward the teachers that are working so hard to educate your kid.

Just keep telling yourself... but SPANISH.

Your assumption that current families/those who are the wait list are operating with rose colored glasses in terms of MV is absurd. We're weighing positives versus negatives like any other informed parent, probably every year we re-enroll or choose not to. If you/other long-term parents have this much anger with MV, why did you stay this long? I don't get it.

I think a lot of parents need to work a little harder to figure out if MV is better than their neighborhood public school... Even those middling DCPS schools right near the profit MV campus have stronger academics.

Anonymous wrote:We're moving to our inbound school next fall from MV. Most parents don't recognize the challenges at MV until they are several years in. By then, your kid typically has a nice groups of friends, and you have to weigh upsetting the routine against what for many people isn't a strong inbound option. So many play the lottery for other options. Some win, others don't.

We waited until my older child finished 5th grade and are moving the younger one. But we are one of the rare families who have a good inbound option. Think about it. You don't see families from Murch or Janney or Key at MV. It has,for better or worse, become a viable option for those who have failing neighborhood schools. And by that measure, depending on your opinion of charters, it serves a valuable purpose and has built great demand. But it isn't a "free version of WIS" or anything those WOTP would consider strong. We know families who have moved from MV to WIS, and it is like night and day.

If MV is the best option in your consideration set, go for it. Just have eyes open and know if will be a lot of work and frustration for you and your kid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good, just keep those expectations in check. Don’t expect the administration to communicate transparently or honestly. If you can handle the way the current White House communicates, you’ll be set.

Don’t expect to have access to DCI, which is what motivates many long tine families to stay. Have an escape valve and middle school back up.

Understand the administration will be highly antagonistic toward the teachers that are working so hard to educate your kid.

Just keep telling yourself... but SPANISH.

Your assumption that current families/those who are the wait list are operating with rose colored glasses in terms of MV is absurd. We're weighing positives versus negatives like any other informed parent, probably every year we re-enroll or choose not to. If you/other long-term parents have this much anger with MV, why did you stay this long? I don't get it.

Anonymous wrote:Good, just keep those expectations in check. Don’t expect the administration to communicate transparently or honestly. If you can handle the way the current White House communicates, you’ll be set.

Don’t expect to have access to DCI, which is what motivates many long tine families to stay. Have an escape valve and middle school back up.

Understand the administration will be highly antagonistic toward the teachers that are working so hard to educate your kid.

Just keep telling yourself... but SPANISH.

Anonymous wrote:Are there any charter schools, especially at the elementary level, that are attended primarily by students with strong inbound schools/feeder paths? I don’t think so. The charter system exists in part to give parents in low performing schools an out. I’d much prefer magnet programs, putting interesting and innovative programs in under enrolled schools and creating demand for UMC families to choose those schools over their IB. Not perfect but it’s better than current system where it’s your IB or a totally random lottery chance.

Anonymous wrote:If I could afford WIS or another private school, I wouldn't be attending any number of public schools in DC. I would expect that private versus public charter would be a night and day experience.

Anonymous wrote:We're moving to our inbound school next fall from MV. Most parents don't recognize the challenges at MV until they are several years in. By then, your kid typically has a nice groups of friends, and you have to weigh upsetting the routine against what for many people isn't a strong inbound option. So many play the lottery for other options. Some win, others don't.

We waited until my older child finished 5th grade and are moving the younger one. But we are one of the rare families who have a good inbound option. Think about it. You don't see families from Murch or Janney or Key at MV. It has,for better or worse, become a viable option for those who have failing neighborhood schools. And by that measure, depending on your opinion of charters, it serves a valuable purpose and has built great demand. But it isn't a "free version of WIS" or anything those WOTP would consider strong. We know families who have moved from MV to WIS, and it is like night and day.

If MV is the best option in your consideration set, go for it. Just have eyes open and know if will be a lot of work and frustration for you and your kid.