Anonymous wrote:I was unimpressed by MV though we applied last year anyway, mostly because the new location is so convenient for us.

I was also very unimpressed by LAMB, but again we applied anyway for an extra spin of the dice (this was under the old system).

So where did you end up?

I was unimpressed by MV though we applied last year anyway, mostly because the new location is so convenient for us.

I was also very unimpressed by LAMB, but again we applied anyway for an extra spin of the dice (this was under the old system).

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Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

The administration seemed surprised and cold when Spanish speaking parents came to the orientation. The parents were left to have their children translate for them. The school was in Columbia Heights so they should have been prepared for interpretation or made other accommodations.

Are you kidding me? Is Columbia Heights a part of the USA? Then I don't understand why the 'spanish speaking parents' should expect any kind of special accomodation. They moved the the US so they need to learn English and, before you accuse me of racism, I am an immigrant but do not expect anyone to speak Russian to me when I go to school orientation meetings.

Totally agree. The bolded is getting real old. Do we want to change the rest of the US into Miami where US citizens are treated like foreigners in their own country because they can't speak Spanish.

Wow! The responses - if from CM folks - is making my point. It is my family's preference that a school I send my child to can treat a diversity of students and parents with respect. I am not telling you what kind of environment you should want for your child.

I assume like a lot of parents, I crossed almost all of the several highly desirable charters off my list without even looking at them because of the commute. I don't want to spend our life in traffic.

I'm intimated by JKLM schools because though we are a hard working, professional family, our income and lifestyle doesn't really jive with the families at these mostly high SES in-bounds schools. I find it nervewracking and unsettling. Also I've become accustomed to the incredibly diverse environment of our current school. For example, we played several sports teams from a few JKLM's and 90% of the kids were white. While that's not their fault, it doesn't represent my reality and I consciously reject it. Granted this is a team and not the school itself, but it's different than my current school's teams.

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Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

The administration seemed surprised and cold when Spanish speaking parents came to the orientation. The parents were left to have their children translate for them. The school was in Columbia Heights so they should have been prepared for interpretation or made other accommodations.

Are you kidding me? Is Columbia Heights a part of the USA? Then I don't understand why the 'spanish speaking parents' should expect any kind of special accomodation. They moved the the US so they need to learn English and, before you accuse me of racism, I am an immigrant but do not expect anyone to speak Russian to me when I go to school orientation meetings.

Totally agree. The bolded is getting real old. Do we want to change the rest of the US into Miami where US citizens are treated like foreigners in their own country because they can't speak Spanish.

Like it or not, DC law requires public agencies make reasonable accommodations for non-English speakers. I assume this should apply to charter schools. Schools that engage parents (in their native language if necessary) are going to be better able to partner with parents to improve children's learning.

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Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

The administration seemed surprised and cold when Spanish speaking parents came to the orientation. The parents were left to have their children translate for them. The school was in Columbia Heights so they should have been prepared for interpretation or made other accommodations.

Are you kidding me? Is Columbia Heights a part of the USA? Then I don't understand why the 'spanish speaking parents' should expect any kind of special accomodation. They moved the the US so they need to learn English and, before you accuse me of racism, I am an immigrant but do not expect anyone to speak Russian to me when I go to school orientation meetings.

Totally agree. The bolded is getting real old. Do we want to change the rest of the US into Miami where US citizens are treated like foreigners in their own country because they can't speak Spanish.

SWS and Logan

SWS
Lamb

Janney

Mann

Lafayette

Most charters

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Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

The administration seemed surprised and cold when Spanish speaking parents came to the orientation. The parents were left to have their children translate for them. The school was in Columbia Heights so they should have been prepared for interpretation or made other accommodations.

Are you kidding me? Is Columbia Heights a part of the USA? Then I don't understand why the 'spanish speaking parents' should expect any kind of special accomodation. They moved the the US so they need to learn English and, before you accuse me of racism, I am an immigrant but do not expect anyone to speak Russian to me when I go to school orientation meetings.

Any immersion program where the principal and other top administrators don't speak the language and the school doesn't know how to handle bilingual children (so there are only a handful). Not sheepish about it. Everybody doesn't love YY, OP.

Charters, Montessori or anything "creative" or artsy or specializing in one thing in elementary school.

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Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

I completely agree. Also the parents there seem cult-like, can't seem to acknowledge anyboroblems/challenges with the school.

We are totally a cult, assimilate or else!

We are in Private. Can't stomach the bureaucracy of it all.