Is Charter Neighborhood Preference a good idea?

[Anonymous]

It's amazing that neighborhood preference is being fought for, but language preference is no where on the table. Yu Ying could benefit from being about to apply a language preference to counter attrition in the higher grades. But, each time this is brought up people go bananas. Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's amazing that neighborhood preference is being fought for, but language preference is no where on the table. Yu Ying could benefit from being about to apply a language preference to counter attrition in the higher grades. But, each time this is brought up people go bananas. Why?

Chinatown families alone would keep everyone else out of Yu Ying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's amazing that neighborhood preference is being fought for, but language preference is no where on the table. Yu Ying could benefit from being about to apply a language preference to counter attrition in the higher grades. But, each time this is brought up people go bananas. Why?

Chinatown families alone would keep everyone else out of Yu Ying.

Chinatown actually have Asain families living down there who knew. I thought they all lived in the burbs and just did businees in the city.

[Anonymous]

what about the fact that the charters always end up in buildings where there are low student populations locally? Doesn't that make for a poor situation citywide?

[Anonymous]

Neighborhood preference is not a good idea for Charters because they offer unique programs etc. They aren't your standard educational structure if you know what I'm trying to say. They are mostly specialized schools but I guess a student who isn’t interested in immersion will also have an IB DCPS choice. Maybe have two lottery’s as someone else suggested. One for IB and one for OOB. I don’t believe it should be 50 50 maybe 25 for IB and 75 for OB which is what Charters are set out to do which is serve the entire city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's amazing that neighborhood preference is being fought for, but language preference is no where on the table. Yu Ying could benefit from being about to apply a language preference to counter attrition in the higher grades. But, each time this is brought up people go bananas. Why?

Chinatown families alone would keep everyone else out of Yu Ying.

Chinatown actually have Asain families living down there who knew. I thought they all lived in the burbs and just did businees in the city.

There aren't many families (esp with kids) in Chinatown. This is a misconception that continues to get brought up here. DC is 3% Asian which includes every Asian country (India, China, Japan etc).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's amazing that neighborhood preference is being fought for, but language preference is no where on the table. Yu Ying could benefit from being about to apply a language preference to counter attrition in the higher grades. But, each time this is brought up people go bananas. Why?

Chinatown families alone would keep everyone else out of Yu Ying.

Chinatown actually have Asain families living down there who knew. I thought they all lived in the burbs and just did businees in the city.

There aren't many families (esp with kids) in Chinatown. This is a misconception that continues to get brought up here. DC is 3% Asian which includes every Asian country (India, China, Japan etc).

Yes, they all now live technically in Mount Venon Square. However, don't kid yourself there aren't many families in Chinatown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get the arguments for neighborhood preference, but it still favors the privileged, as they can move close to desirable charters. Unless you want to have neighborhood preference for low-SES families? I could get behind that.

I would like to think one of the jobs of the charter school board is to make sure schools are put where they are needed.

It's a bit of a broad brush to say that only privileged people have the ability to make informed choices.

You missed my point. Privileged people can afford to MOVE. Anyone can make an informed choice, but if you can't afford to move to the charter neighborhood or a good IB school, you have even fewer choices available to you.

[Anonymous]

Public schools with neighborhood preference already exist all over the city. If they aren't offering what parents are seeking charters out for, then that's a DCPS problem, not a charter problem.

Don't break the charters, FIX DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public schools with neighborhood preference already exist all over the city. If they aren't offering what parents are seeking charters out for, then that's a DCPS problem, not a charter problem.

Don't break the charters, FIX DCPS.

I want that on a tshirt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public schools with neighborhood preference already exist all over the city. If they aren't offering what parents are seeking charters out for, then that's a DCPS problem, not a charter problem.

Don't break the charters, FIX DCPS.

I want that on a tshirt.

Bumper stickers!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public schools with neighborhood preference already exist all over the city. If they aren't offering what parents are seeking charters out for, then that's a DCPS problem, not a charter problem.

Don't break the charters, FIX DCPS.

I want that on a tshirt.

Bumper stickers!!

This! Holy shit! You nailed it! This. This. This. Why are people willing to water down and eff up charters because DCPS isn't up to snuff. Another way to screw over all of DC's kids. The adults mismanaging DCPS need to be held accountable- not punishing charters for doing excellent work with less reimbursement than DCPS. We need to put a stop to this nonesense.

[Anonymous]

Not a good idea, because then you'd never ever get a Ward 3 kid in any charter. It's important to keep option this pipeline in MS and HS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public schools with neighborhood preference already exist all over the city. If they aren't offering what parents are seeking charters out for, then that's a DCPS problem, not a charter problem.
Don't break the charters, FIX DCPS.

YES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public schools with neighborhood preference already exist all over the city. If they aren't offering what parents are seeking charters out for, then that's a DCPS problem, not a charter problem.

Don't break the charters, FIX DCPS.

I want that on a tshirt.

Bumper stickers!!

This! Holy shit! You nailed it! This. This. This. Why are people willing to water down and eff up charters because DCPS isn't up to snuff. Another way to screw over all of DC's kids. The adults mismanaging DCPS need to be held accountable- not punishing charters for doing excellent work with less reimbursement than DCPS. We need to put a stop to this nonesense.

I would join this group if someone started it.

Tommy Wells staff...if you are still trolling DCUM, this is your new slogan.