Anonymous
Post 03/03/2023 13:25     Subject: Re:Cap City Lower or Breakthrough Montessori for PK-3?
Anonymous wrote:We are another family that is looking to move on. There have been a few good teachers but there isn't enough of a structure to make up for those who are not, and the obsession with virtual learning and the claims that its as good as in person have really put us off.


Wow. That's infuriating.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2023 11:38     Subject: Re:Cap City Lower or Breakthrough Montessori for PK-3?
We are another family that is looking to move on. There have been a few good teachers but there isn't enough of a structure to make up for those who are not, and the obsession with virtual learning and the claims that its as good as in person have really put us off.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2023 22:12     Subject: Cap City Lower or Breakthrough Montessori for PK-3?
Anonymous wrote:Oh wow I am so sorry to hear about the community covid deaths, and that is a very important piece of context.

And anyways the scores were low even back in 2019, so it's not clear to me this is all pandemic related.

The online job sites have a lot of anonymous posts about teacher burnout. The current Pre-K staff bios look pretty great, wonder if they'll be able to keep them.


Unlikely. They also hired a really toxic lower school principal a few years ago. Mass staff exodus due to that.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2023 21:18     Subject: Cap City Lower or Breakthrough Montessori for PK-3?
Oh wow I am so sorry to hear about the community covid deaths, and that is a very important piece of context.

And anyways the scores were low even back in 2019, so it's not clear to me this is all pandemic related.

The online job sites have a lot of anonymous posts about teacher burnout. The current Pre-K staff bios look pretty great, wonder if they'll be able to keep them.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2023 13:25     Subject: Cap City Lower or Breakthrough Montessori for PK-3?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have CapCity Lower 12th on our list.

Can someone explain what COVID did to that school versus others to where it seems to have "ruined" it?



Would love to hear more on this, but I am assuming that a significant COVID impact was the HOS’s refusal to offer in person learning for far longer than DCPS or other schools.
For those of you new to the DC educational landscape, many DC charters refused to offer in person learning for longer than nearly any school system in the entire country. My DS was at one such charter (not Cap City) and he’s still trying to make up for learning loss. Do I remain bitter? Absolutely.


This is what I have also heard. The refusal to go in person after other DCPS and charter schools did. Not much more to it. Stayed virtual only too long and the kids are suffering.