Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?

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Anonymous wrote:Bancroft parent here. This is why we didn't apply to Mundo Verde to begin with. As friends of ours have moved to otehr parts of the city, we have lost touch with them, even in cases where we've really tried to get our kids together. Proximity = playdates, because we can arrange them on the fly at pickup rather than planning weeks in advance. I'm sure people living EoGA are lovely, but I do not have the bandwidth to drive my kids all over town for playdates, so therefore we didn't even apply to charters that didn't have at least a semi-permanent location.

Interestingly enough, my child reports that 2nd grade has picked up three MV kids in the past month, all Spanish speakers. Of course, this is an 8 year old talking, so take it with a grain of salt.

Plus, the performance scores are so low. Bancroft probably got the lowest SES students who couldn't figure a way to make the transition.

Which is what I hate about charters. Charter boosters like to pretend that they provide equal opportunity to to all who apply, but they are actually discouraging those from the lower SES by not making appropriate provisions for them when the school moves. This poster seems to be glad that the lower SES kids are bailing. Boo.

What an absolute crock. My HRCS moved crosstown and not one low SES family didn't return as a result. Many high SES families didn't accept because of the new locale, but every low SES fam continued. You HRCS haters are bitter a holes who didn't get in and now want to stir up fake racism/classism. Shame on you!

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Charters largely dint have a choice where they move. Also, most of the charters that move go from Ward 1 to Ward 5. How in the world do you get that idea? By being in Ward 5 the schools are more accessible city wide.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bancroft parent here. This is why we didn't apply to Mundo Verde to begin with. As friends of ours have moved to otehr parts of the city, we have lost touch with them, even in cases where we've really tried to get our kids together. Proximity = playdates, because we can arrange them on the fly at pickup rather than planning weeks in advance. I'm sure people living EoGA are lovely, but I do not have the bandwidth to drive my kids all over town for playdates, so therefore we didn't even apply to charters that didn't have at least a semi-permanent location.

Interestingly enough, my child reports that 2nd grade has picked up three MV kids in the past month, all Spanish speakers. Of course, this is an 8 year old talking, so take it with a grain of salt.

Plus, the performance scores are so low. Bancroft probably got the lowest SES students who couldn't figure a way to make the transition.

Which is what I hate about charters. Charter boosters like to pretend that they provide equal opportunity to to all who apply, but they are actually discouraging those from the lower SES by not making appropriate provisions for them when the school moves. This poster seems to be glad that the lower SES kids are bailing. Boo.

What an absolute crock. My HRCS moved crosstown and not one low SES family didn't return as a result. Many high SES families didn't accept because of the new locale, but every low SES fam continued. You HRCS haters are bitter a holes who didn't get in and now want to stir up fake racism/classism. Shame on you!

Totally and completely agree, that IS a crock. I can't think of one single charter in the last 5 years that made a move that was about anything other than: permanency, expansion, affordability, and facilities. Those are things that every school that wants to be around for more than a couple of years has to consider. I'd also like to know what "appropriate provisions" the prior PP thinks charters should make to accomodate low SES families? Beyond making sure the school is on a bus or (ideally) a train line, seems to me the most important thing is staying open and having good facilities to serve the student and teacher population as well as possible. So prior PP, what "appropriate accomodations" should be made when a school moves?