Anonymous wrote:One of the math teachers at Charles Barrett stole my husband

how did they do that?

Also, to address some other comments, the building issues MVCS have seem to be rectified with a hard press from the PTA to ACPS.

And the comment about the influx from Arlandria— the MVCS student demographic population has maintained roughly the same for years. It’s roughly 60% Hispanic and has been for years.

Current MVCS parents here. It’s a fabulous school with an awesome parent community and the new principal is well-respected and liked (she’s the former ACPS dual language curriculum person). It’s a diverse community, and has an extremely active PTA with seemingly an event every month or so. They try to celebrate different cultures and heritages. I love that it’s not just learning Spanish but it’s learning cultural competency. There’s a lot of involved parents. The school itself has a nice caring culture.

We had a child complete the dual language program who had many more years of Spanish before Covid. That child loved languages, and really embraced it. Our second child was younger and has struggled with the Spanish, however they are doing well academically and the Spanish is improving. I think the curriculum/program will only get stronger under the new principal.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the math teachers at Charles Barrett stole my husband

Was your child a student?

There is only one math specialist at CBES - I think?
So this should be removed.

Anonymous wrote:We sent two kids through Barrett and liked it a lot. It’s got a great community feel and is a lovely neighborhood school. The principal changed right as we graduated our last kiddo during the pandemic so my info is a few years old. Neighbors with younger kids still there seem happy.

I get the sense MVCS is also a great community school but the demographics and curriculum are a bit different based on location and dual language program. You should be able to do visits at both so just ask and then you’ll get a better feel for each.

Also, dual language is technically different that bilingual programs. Do a little research so you understand. But both can certainly encourage speaking and learning another language. I actually wish the regular schools like Barrett introduced language into the curriculum.

This poster is right do your research. The dual language was implemented at MCVS years ago with the goal to improve outcomes for spanish speaking ELL students. Sadly it has not and most students still lag way behind.

Anonymous wrote:Both schools have yet to address the realities that the exponential increase of migrants in Arlandria are fundamentally changing both schools. Products of both national policies and local sanctuary policies.

That won’t be addressed ever. The City just ignores it. But there is also another reason for the increase. There was a boundary shift and there isn’t much turn over in the SFHs and many of the families living in them - their kids are older now - middle, high school and college - but the families aren’t moving.

Anonymous wrote:One of the math teachers at Charles Barrett stole my husband

Was your child a student?

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Anonymous wrote:Both schools have yet to address the realities that the exponential increase of migrants in Arlandria are fundamentally changing both schools. Products of both national policies and local sanctuary policies.

The numbers don't really reflect that. At Barrett, the reading proficiency scores for Hispanic kids has hovered around the same dismal 33% for the past three years. Same with economically disadvantaged at just over 30%. And 25% for the ELL kids (that is up from 17%). ]

At MVCS the numbers are about the same.

Right, but they percentage of the underperforming make up a larger percentage of the whole.

It's the non-ELL and non-hispanic kids whose scores are falling.

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Anonymous wrote:Both schools have yet to address the realities that the exponential increase of migrants in Arlandria are fundamentally changing both schools. Products of both national policies and local sanctuary policies.

The numbers don't really reflect that. At Barrett, the reading proficiency scores for Hispanic kids has hovered around the same dismal 33% for the past three years. Same with economically disadvantaged at just over 30%. And 25% for the ELL kids (that is up from 17%). ]

At MVCS the numbers are about the same.

Right, but they percentage of the underperforming make up a larger percentage of the whole.

CBES 19-20 School Year 190 Hispanic students, this year on September 30th 287


CBES 19-20 ELL 138
This year on September 30th 209