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Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying & Mundo verde posters who qualified for reduced rate that are not FARMS: what do you have to make to qualify?

YY reduced rate family: for a family of 4, the cutoff is $59k/year (for a family of 5, it's 69k; for a family of 3 it's $48k, going up & down @ basically $10k per person added/subtracted from each family).

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying & Mundo verde posters who qualified for reduced rate that are not FARMS: what do you have to make to qualify?

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Anonymous wrote:Mundo Verde sucks. Don't anyone rank them on your list. Flee. NO DATA, the administration is probably impossible and clueless.

The new building will probably be just as bad...

Not to mention that drug ridden, filthy neighborhood (I don't care how much the houses cost and that homeless shelter/soup kitchen around the corner.

totally agree. new location will be awful and the school sucks. whatever you do DO NOT apply!!!

(pp, our cunning plan may work!)

And the ridiculously expensive aftercare (a conspiracy to keep out poor... No, middle class families who don't get a discount).

Don't apply. You will hate MV!

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Anonymous wrote:Current MV parent. Moved from another charter. I'll admit that MVs open houses do a poor job of "selling" the school; terrible sound system, awkward translation. But, I would urge you to talk to current parents and find out what they think. MV has a very high re-enrollment rate, which indicates that parents are happy. My children have amazing, dedicated teachers, and we have a great parent community.

I disagree with the above poster that MV is trying to do to much and is not focused. The administration and academic leadership are very committed to the expeditionary learning system and do a great job of making learning fun and interesting for children. In addition, unlike a couple of other schools mentioned, MV has a good aftercare program.

Doesn't MV aftercare cost around $400 month compared to $200- $300 at most schools?

Many of the new charters have aftercare fees in this range.

Good way to weed out lower middle class families on non-profit salaries who aren't FARMS but can't shell out that kind of money, either.

There is "mid-level" for families in exactly that income range. Not sure what the exact income range is, but the cost is $252 a month. It's right on the website, there is a link here with the schedule of fees.

http://mundoverdepcs.org/extended-day/

I wish Yu Ying did this! There is a reduced FARMS rate, but not aware of any mid-level or sliding rates.

Anonymous wrote:Who staffs MV's aftercare?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any chance of getting into Stokes EVER? I have applied 3 years in a row and haven't even made it in the single digits. Do you know anyone who doesn't already have a sib there who has gotten in? It's been my first choice school for years, but so what?

I know someone whose kid started in second grade Spanish. I was called for third grade French, but did not take it.

Did your child know some French, to be able to join that class, and did they inquire about your kid's French skills at all?

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Anonymous wrote:Mundo Verde sucks. Don't anyone rank them on your list. Flee. NO DATA, the administration is probably impossible and clueless.

The new building will probably be just as bad...

Not to mention that drug ridden, filthy neighborhood (I don't care how much the houses cost and that homeless shelter/soup kitchen around the corner.

totally agree. new location will be awful and the school sucks. whatever you do DO NOT apply!!!

(pp, our cunning plan may work!)

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Anonymous wrote:Current MV parent. Moved from another charter. I'll admit that MVs open houses do a poor job of "selling" the school; terrible sound system, awkward translation. But, I would urge you to talk to current parents and find out what they think. MV has a very high re-enrollment rate, which indicates that parents are happy. My children have amazing, dedicated teachers, and we have a great parent community.

I disagree with the above poster that MV is trying to do to much and is not focused. The administration and academic leadership are very committed to the expeditionary learning system and do a great job of making learning fun and interesting for children. In addition, unlike a couple of other schools mentioned, MV has a good aftercare program.

Doesn't MV aftercare cost around $400 month compared to $200- $300 at most schools?

Many of the new charters have aftercare fees in this range.

Good way to weed out lower middle class families on non-profit salaries who aren't FARMS but can't shell out that kind of money, either.

There is "mid-level" for families in exactly that income range. Not sure what the exact income range is, but the cost is $252 a month. It's right on the website, there is a link here with the schedule of fees.

http://mundoverdepcs.org/extended-day/

No info there about what the income cutoff is. I imagine it's well below 100k, though.

You are probably right. No one is forcing anyone to do the aftercare program. If you don't feel it is worth the money, you can arrange for separate care for your child.

+1. Whiners go home.

"Separate care"? You mean a nanny for $15-$20 an hour? How am I supposed to afford that?
Thanks, but I'll stick with my public school where the aftercare is under $300/month.

I know what's next, of course... I should have researched all this years ago and concluded that on my non-profit salary, I could not afford to have children.