Preference for Charters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC charter law says proxiity preference CAN be given for a few years if an existing DCPS converts into a charter.

For example, if Oyster-Adams converted to a charter, IB families the year of conversion would get first dibs. Similar to grandfathering feeder patterns when boundaries change.

The charter law could be changed to account for hybrid neighborhood charters. It's probably more likely that one or two charters might get hybrid status.

A DCPS changing to a charter in order to get more autonomy makes sense, and there would be at least a logical reason to have neighborhood preference. However, an existing charter which serves students from all over the District, really has nothing to gain under the scenario. Why would, say, EL Haynes decide to preferentially serve students in Ward 4? What do they get out of it, when they have a genuine desire to serve students from all over the city, including east of the river?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If proximity is something you're concerned about, call a meeting for your neighborhood. Apply en masse to your local public school when you hit K when they can't turn you away. Make it defacto charter.

Our neighborhood tried that but it didn't stop DCPS from installing a terrible principal. Now we use charters.

[Anonymous]

I would say for PS-K it should be this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would say for PS-K it should be this way.

What should be this way? Neighborhood preference? Then what are the ramifications at 1st & beyond? If it's a good school, most of those families will stay there, so it doesn't really open up many spots for everyone else? Plus, if it's an immersion school, the new students would have missed out on 2 or 3 years of the language - that's hardly fair.