Are there other Republican parents at your charter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Republican who sends her children to DCPS WOTP. We do exist, though we are pretty rare

You'd never know it though, if you met me, because I tend not to discuss politics because (a) it's not my favorite topic of conversation (b) I am aware I am a minority in my view and do not want to end up in a debate or with someone ranting at me.

Me too. Send my kids to our in boundary dcps schools, live wotp. More independent than republican but husband is a true repub.
Had to set another mom straight once about his right to his opinions when she actually belittled him because of politics to me.
Exacy why i dont talk politics at school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are Republican families at Latin and Basis.

There are Tea Party families, too!!

that's still a thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are Republican families at Latin and Basis.

There are Tea Party families, too!!

that's still a thing?

It was never a thing, but some people are painfully naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are Republican families at Latin and Basis.

There are Tea Party families, too!!

that's still a thing?

It was never a thing, but some people are painfully naive.

That and racist.

[Anonymous]

DC votes 95% Democrat in Presidential and council elections. You do the math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly have no idea why political affiliation would matter at all. Find other things to talk about with families. I am liberal but try not to talk about the following with families from school (and outside of school, for that matter): politics, religion, and what I "do" for a living (such an annoying question).

I'm guessing b/c OP wants to be an "unabashed conservative" and have everyone agree with him/her.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm happy to be friendly to republicans if you're not anti-gay.

Um, thanks?

You do realize one can be a Republican but socially liberal, right?

Then how the hell do you find someone to vote for in this current clown car of bozos?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I do not have time or interest in being friends with people who: insist global warming is false, want to blow up Obama Care, think being gay is wrong, and believe everyone should be carrying around guns.

I guarantee you know a Republican. I have met people like you who:

1. Are shocked when they find I am a Republican because they assume someone like me would be "smarter" than that.
2. Try to convince me I am not a Republican.

And for the record, I don't insist global warming is false but may not agree with you on what is causing it. I don't want to blow up Obama Care but am open for a system which isn't government based, I don't think being gay is wrong nor am I against gay marriage (though I am against the government forcing business owners to make cakes for certain people), I don't believe everyone should be carrying around guns especially those who can't pass a background check, are criminals or don't have a license to own a firearm.

What do you think is causing global warming and where is the scientific evidence to support your view?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happy to be friendly to republicans if you're not anti-gay.

Um, thanks?

You do realize one can be a Republican but socially liberal, right?

Then how the hell do you find someone to vote for in this current clown car of bozos?

Just as easily as DC Democrats continue to vote for bozos in their own clown car for mayor and city council.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happy to be friendly to republicans if you're not anti-gay.

Um, thanks?

You do realize one can be a Republican but socially liberal, right?

Then how the hell do you find someone to vote for in this current clown car of bozos?

Just as easily as DC Democrats continue to vote for bozos in their own clown car for mayor and city council.

Some of us abstain, or did while we lived there. DC elections are a joke. But you can't compare DC council to the Presidential, which I think you know is what I was talking about

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happy to be friendly to republicans if you're not anti-gay.

Um, thanks?

You do realize one can be a Republican but socially liberal, right?

Then how the hell do you find someone to vote for in this current clown car of bozos?

Just as easily as DC Democrats continue to vote for bozos in their own clown car for mayor and city council.

Some of us abstain, or did while we lived there. DC elections are a joke. But you can't compare DC council to the Presidential, which I think you know is what I was talking about

At least we have a choice from many. Your choice is very limited to just a few bozos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are some Republicans at our HRCS, but they are pretty quiet about it. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if we had a transgender teacher or student, or some sort of dust-up about how gay marriage is discussed, or global warming, etc. But they seem to know they are in the extreme minority. And they all seem to be "money Republicans"-- the kind who pretend to be ok with gay rights but really it's all about cutting their own taxes. The true anti-gay folks tend to do private or parochial school, or else city living isn't to their taste anyway.

Surprising to me, but when my friend transitioned many of my most liberal friends were the ones who had problems with it. It's one thing to talk about it, it's another thing when you have to live it.

D or R we are all just people and most of the polarizing people on this thread being so judgemental without even knowing the true beliefs of another, are people I wouldn't want to know.

Registered Democrat

[Anonymous]

The entire charter movement was not founded and run by Republicans.

Many civil rights organizations serving low-income people and people of color support charters as an alternative to traditional public schools. Some progressive foundations support them.

Close to home, Mundo Verde was founded by liberals who wanted a multicultural, bilingual, green school. Does multicultural, Spanish-speaking, and green sound like a Republican conspiracy to you?

With charters as with everything else, it's not black and white.

OP, I don't see how politics have a place in parental involvement in school. Parents raise money, chaperone field trips, serve on committees that discuss budgets, volunteer in classrooms, and back a shit-ton of cupcakes.

I'm sure most of my fellow parents in a DCPS school are Democrats because of DC's demographics but it has honestly never come up in any school-related interaction.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. I hope not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our Charter teaches "Darwinism"

Which? Name your school, please.

I hope that all schools in DC teach the theory of evolution/common descent.