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Anonymous wrote:The school will be great regardless of where it finds its new home and regardless of whether families stay or go. Golnar is an awesome Principal that is ensuring that the place is run like a top private school. My kid is in a class with less students than people we know on the same grade at Georgetown Day!!! And we are not paying $35,000

Agreed, I went to private school. We had planned for our child to go to private school but figured we chance the lottery. We could not be more happy at CM. It's private school, with more diversity.

I have heard a few CM parents make statements like this. Personally, I am not as hung up on class size and my kid getting a "private school" experience, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

It does make me wonder how many affluent families are at CM compared to some other schools. Seems like there are more families who "would have done private" but opted for a charter instead than you hear about at other schools.

Which is why there is school choice. There are plenty of other schools with 25 kids in a class.

This comes across as *so* snotty. Which is fitting with my general impression of parents at the school

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Anonymous wrote:The school will be great regardless of where it finds its new home and regardless of whether families stay or go. Golnar is an awesome Principal that is ensuring that the place is run like a top private school. My kid is in a class with less students than people we know on the same grade at Georgetown Day!!! And we are not paying $35,000

Agreed, I went to private school. We had planned for our child to go to private school but figured we chance the lottery. We could not be more happy at CM. It's private school, with more diversity.

I have heard a few CM parents make statements like this. Personally, I am not as hung up on class size and my kid getting a "private school" experience, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

It does make me wonder how many affluent families are at CM compared to some other schools. Seems like there are more families who "would have done private" but opted for a charter instead than you hear about at other schools.

Which is why there is school choice. There are plenty of other schools with 25 kids in a class.

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Anonymous wrote:The school will be great regardless of where it finds its new home and regardless of whether families stay or go. Golnar is an awesome Principal that is ensuring that the place is run like a top private school. My kid is in a class with less students than people we know on the same grade at Georgetown Day!!! And we are not paying $35,000

Agreed, I went to private school. We had planned for our child to go to private school but figured we chance the lottery. We could not be more happy at CM. It's private school, with more diversity.

I have heard a few CM parents make statements like this. Personally, I am not as hung up on class size and my kid getting a "private school" experience, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

It does make me wonder how many affluent families are at CM compared to some other schools. Seems like there are more families who "would have done private" but opted for a charter instead than you hear about at other schools.

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Anonymous wrote:The school will be great regardless of where it finds its new home and regardless of whether families stay or go. Golnar is an awesome Principal that is ensuring that the place is run like a top private school. My kid is in a class with less students than people we know on the same grade at Georgetown Day!!! And we are not paying $35,000

Agreed, I went to private school. We had planned for our child to go to private school but figured we chance the lottery. We could not be more happy at CM. It's private school, with more diversity.

Anonymous wrote:As a CMI parent I read this thread with interest. Overall we are very satisfied with the school and hope to keep our kid there for the foreseeable future.

It's interesting that the person who started this thread by fishing for criticisms of Golnar didn't get much. It's true that several parents have found it hard to work with her on certain issues as she is very keen on maintaining control of the school and thus is really not that interested in parent input or assistance when it comes to real estate or management issues. But that is made up for in the fact that she is very strong on pedagogy and has put together an excellent experience for the kids. And bottom line is that she has done an enormous service to the DC community in investing her talents in putting together this school. She could easily have just burrowed in at a thinktank somewhere and written reports on DC education policy rather than getting her hands dirty with the actual work of educating our children.

Regarding the potential move, we are in the camp of hoping they stay in the same space. But lack of outdoor space is an issue that would be great to see addressed, maybe by cleaning up that kind of seedy park across 16th street.

Also, someone on this thread should give a shoutout to the music teacher Mr. Conklin. It is amazing to see what he can coax out of these kids musically.

Anonymous wrote:But being that it is a public school isn't it important for them to have open lotteries and follow the rules of all other schools receiving public monies? Or does Golnar get a pass on that?

Anonymous wrote:The school will be great regardless of where it finds its new home and regardless of whether families stay or go. Golnar is an awesome Principal that is ensuring that the place is run like a top private school. My kid is in a class with less students than people we know on the same grade at Georgetown Day!!! And we are not paying $35,000

Anonymous wrote:PP, a school is not fantastic just because it is better than a terrible one you were at previously. Parents have the right to high expectations.