We, the parents of Lumin Lindsley Park Community School and East Dallas Community School, petition Lumin Education to expand their program to Upper Elementary. The research to complete the second plane of a Montessori education explains how it reinforces the foundation set during Lower Elementary. Parents support the expansion, because there is a lack of availability in Dallas ISD choice schools and private school is not within financial means for most families.
We formally request to have the Strategic Planning team to establish a plan that includes Upper Elementary.
Nosotros, los padres de Lumin Lindsley Park Community School y East Dallas Community School, solicitamos a Lumin Education que expanda su programa a Primaria Superior. La investigación para completar el segundo plano de una educación Montessori explica cómo se refuerzan los cimientos establecidos durante la Primaria Inferior. Los padres apoyan la expansión, porque hay una falta de disponibilidad en las escuelas de elección de El Distrito Escolar de Dallas y las escuelas privadas no están dentro de los medios financieros para la mayoría de las familias. Solicitamos formalmente que el equipo de Planificación Estratégica establezca un plan que incluya Primaria Superior.
Updates
January 16, 2018
I have been hearing from so many of you who are worried about where your children will go next year. The leadership team at Lumin knows we are watching and waiting for them to address this gap in our community.
January 16, 2018
Seeing this much energy behind the need for an Upper Elementary program proves that we all share the same vision for our children. My own heart is full knowing that so many other families refuse to let our Montessori journey end prematurely.
41 Comments
There are few Montessori options for Upper Elementary, and most are private schools, which are homogenous and expensive, or magnet schools, which are usually full by 4th grade. I would love for my children to continue with Montessori at Lumin since it is a diverse, public option that provides excellent instruction in a caring, thoughtful community environment.
I was am a committed Montessori parent whose son attended Sylvia Fitzgerald’s toddler Junius Heights Montessori program, he is graduating from Montessori Children’s House this year. We did receive a spot at East Dallas, and I am a big believer in the program, staff and leadership. However, I have not enrolled him primarily due to having to my vet him again in fourth grade. I also understand in conversations with staff at East Dallas that for many of the children going into their local public schools after completing the program, it is a very difficult transition.
I am an EDCS alumni and my two daughters currently attend Lumin. It’d be wonderful if they could expand the school. Finding a good and affordable school like Lumin is impossible.
I would absolutely keep my son at Lumin if there were an upper elementary option (he's in third this year, so we are looking at our options right now.) I wouldn't even have to think about it and wouldn't even consider other schools. The East Dallas Community School has been such a gift to him and our family and we feel lucky to have been a part of it.
I took my older daughter out of Lumin after K because I saw multiple families struggling to find a place for 4th grade...neighborhood schools in my area are performing poorly and landing a spot in a school of choice or magnet in 4th grade is tough. Had there been an upper el, my older daughter would still be there. I feel that this idea has a lot of support and I hope it will be further considered.
What an amazing gift to the Lumin children this would be--to allow them to complete the elementary cycle together in a true Montessori environment and to reap the rewards of this visionary educational approach! The need is undeniable, and the benefits would be life-changing for so many.
Pending the results of a needs assessment and SWOC analysis, having this expanded option for families would be really lovely. Thanks for the good work you do.
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We, the parents of Lumin Lindsley Park Community School and East Dallas Community School, petition Lumin Education to expand their program to Upper Elementary. The research to complete the second plane of a Montessori education explains how it reinforces the foundation set during Lower Elementary. Parents support the expansion, because there is a lack of availability in Dallas ISD choice schools and private school is not within financial means for most families.
We formally request to have the Strategic Planning team to establish a plan that includes Upper Elementary.
Nosotros, los padres de Lumin Lindsley Park Community School y East Dallas Community School, solicitamos a Lumin Education que expanda su programa a Primaria Superior. La investigación para completar el segundo plano de una educación Montessori explica cómo se refuerzan los cimientos establecidos durante la Primaria Inferior. Los padres apoyan la expansión, porque hay una falta de disponibilidad en las escuelas de elección de El Distrito Escolar de Dallas y las escuelas privadas no están dentro de los medios financieros para la mayoría de las familias. Solicitamos formalmente que el equipo de Planificación Estratégica establezca un plan que incluya Primaria Superior.
Updates
January 16, 2018
I have been hearing from so many of you who are worried about where your children will go next year. The leadership team at Lumin knows we are watching and waiting for them to address this gap in our community.
January 16, 2018
Seeing this much energy behind the need for an Upper Elementary program proves that we all share the same vision for our children. My own heart is full knowing that so many other families refuse to let our Montessori journey end prematurely.
41 Comments
We have two kids at Lumin now and if the program were to continue after 3rd grade we would be so grateful to continue there! The difficult truth is that because it does not go past 3rd grade, we are looking at applying for DISD Montessori and “choice” schools sooner than 3rd grade out of necessity — not out of desire — in order to have multiple years to attempt to win a seat in a good DISD school. We would be sad to leave Lumin prior to the natural transition after 3rd-grade. If the board would please consider discussing the option, and if the details could be worked out, expanding Lumin’s mission in this way would be like a dream come true for us parents and our kids!
There are few Montessori options for Upper Elementary, and most are private schools, which are homogenous and expensive, or magnet schools, which are usually full by 4th grade. I would love for my children to continue with Montessori at Lumin since it is a diverse, public option that provides excellent instruction in a caring, thoughtful community environment.
I was am a committed Montessori parent whose son attended Sylvia Fitzgerald’s toddler Junius Heights Montessori program, he is graduating from Montessori Children’s House this year. We did receive a spot at East Dallas, and I am a big believer in the program, staff and leadership. However, I have not enrolled him primarily due to having to my vet him again in fourth grade. I also understand in conversations with staff at East Dallas that for many of the children going into their local public schools after completing the program, it is a very difficult transition.
I am an EDCS alumni and my two daughters currently attend Lumin. It’d be wonderful if they could expand the school. Finding a good and affordable school like Lumin is impossible.
I would absolutely keep my son at Lumin if there were an upper elementary option (he's in third this year, so we are looking at our options right now.) I wouldn't even have to think about it and wouldn't even consider other schools. The East Dallas Community School has been such a gift to him and our family and we feel lucky to have been a part of it.
I took my older daughter out of Lumin after K because I saw multiple families struggling to find a place for 4th grade...neighborhood schools in my area are performing poorly and landing a spot in a school of choice or magnet in 4th grade is tough. Had there been an upper el, my older daughter would still be there. I feel that this idea has a lot of support and I hope it will be further considered.
What an amazing gift to the Lumin children this would be--to allow them to complete the elementary cycle together in a true Montessori environment and to reap the rewards of this visionary educational approach! The need is undeniable, and the benefits would be life-changing for so many.
Pending the results of a needs assessment and SWOC analysis, having this expanded option for families would be really lovely. Thanks for the good work you do.
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We have two kids at Lumin now and if the program were to continue after 3rd grade we would be so grateful to continue there! The difficult truth is that because it does not go past 3rd grade, we are looking at applying for DISD Montessori and “choice” schools sooner than 3rd grade out of necessity — not out of desire — in order to have multiple years to attempt to win a seat in a good DISD school. We would be sad to leave Lumin prior to the natural transition after 3rd-grade. If the board would please consider discussing the option, and if the details could be worked out, expanding Lumin’s mission in this way would be like a dream come true for us parents and our kids!