Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports

[Anonymous]

I've been told by friends (but we all have younger kids so nobody has first hand experience) that DC charter high school students can try out and participate in DCPS sports if their charter doesn't participate in that team sport. Is this true? Do many kids do this, and can anyone explain how it works?

[Anonymous]

Yes, that is allowable but it has to approved by the sending as well as the receiving schools. The process is easy you go to the school of interest speak with the athletic director, administrator of athletics of the recieving school once that's done. Have a conversation with your child's original school and let them know of your wishes and that's it in a nutshell. The irony many of the application only high-school students participate in the comprehenisve high-school extra-curricular activities. Eastern has students from SWW, McKinley, Banneker and Phelps participating in activities. Wilson has students from Ellington, KIPP, WSMT and Coolidge participating in their activities.

[Anonymous]

Is this option also available to those who attend private schools or are homeschooled?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this option also available to those who attend private schools or are homeschooled?

Private school no, home school yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this option also available to those who attend private schools or are homeschooled?

Private school no, home school yes.

Mary Cheh introduced emergency legislation last fall to allow Lab School kids to play football at Wilson.

[Anonymous]

Do kids play for the school in the neighborhood in which they live? For example, if you live on Capitol Hill, would you participate in sports at Eastern, or could you choose a different school? Also, thinking about Eastern HS again, they have had a great band program. Can charter school neighborhood kids participate in band and other types of non-sports activities?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this option also available to those who attend private schools or are homeschooled?

Private school no, home school yes.

Mary Cheh introduced emergency legislation last fall to allow Lab School kids to play football at Wilson.

Wilson doesn't get any per pupil money for these students to pay for the coaching they get. I guess the operative consideration here is the fact that some Lab School students are there because DCPS can't comply with their IEPs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do kids play for the school in the neighborhood in which they live? For example, if you live on Capitol Hill, would you participate in sports at Eastern, or could you choose a different school? Also, thinking about Eastern HS again, they have had a great band program. Can charter school neighborhood kids participate in band and other types of non-sports activities?

My understanding is that if you attend a public school -- charter or DCPS -- that doesn't offer a certain sport, you can play that sport at a DCPS school that does offer it. I don't think there is any assignment process, you just try to find a school.

Interesting point about DCPS schools not getting any additional money for taking kids from other schools, I can see that being an issue in schools not wanting to take kids from outside their school. I get the feeling this policy, like so many things in DCPS, was never really thought through, it just evolved.

[Anonymous]

My son wants to play football at a DCPS school since
His DC Charter School doesn't have a team. We were told
No - is there an appeal process ?

[Anonymous]

There sometimes is a problem with practice times. For example, Eastern dismisses from classes at 3:15 and BASIS dismisses at 4pm.

[Anonymous]

So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.

Seriously. If you want your child to participate in sports, send them to a school that has an athletic program. The end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.

They aren't shirking their duty - the charters are not able to purchase enormous pieces of land on which to hold sports. DCPS will not recombine the small amount of students in large facilities in order to free up facilities for the charters to lease. Elementary DCPS often share space with DPR facilities, which then takes away DPR outdoor space from charters.

And my TAXES pay for both DCPS and DCPCS and I don't care how the students get to play sports - they should all get to play if they want to!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.

Seriously. If you want your child to participate in sports, send them to a school that has an athletic program. The end.

I want my child to be able to handle college coursework. Not all DCPS high schools can provide that AND sports.

[Anonymous]

Extra-curricular sports are funded in large part outside of the per pupil finding formula. So charter students have a right to access them as taxpayers.