Needing a school for 5th grade :(

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you press charges?

You can demand that DCPS allow your child her choice of school. It's worth it to ask anyway, through a lawyer's letter.

If this happened at a DCI feeder, than DCPS has nothing to do with it. They will accept her at her IB at any time, which is their only responsibility. If her school has another campus, then there might be a way to finagle that; if not, I don’t think by what mechanism her school could even offer her a placement elsewhere in some other LEAs. Unfortunately, this is where being at a charter does give you fewer options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you press charges?

You can demand that DCPS allow your child her choice of school. It's worth it to ask anyway, through a lawyer's letter.

If this happened at a DCI feeder, than DCPS has nothing to do with it. They will accept her at her IB at any time, which is their only responsibility. If her school has another campus, then there might be a way to finagle that; if not, I don’t think by what mechanism her school could even offer her a placement elsewhere in some other LEAs. Unfortunately, this is where being at a charter does give you fewer options.

But I thought they were all legally part of DC public schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with cap city, Thomson, Whittier. Cleveland or marie reed or Chisholm if she's been in spanish immersion. I would be working with the osse ombudsman and the public charter school board to see if there's a way she can keep feeder preference for dci if she wants to go there. Also Washington school for girls is private but tuition free.

IMO Marie Reed and Chisholm don't have acceptable enough feeder MS. OP is trying to avoid having to start over for 5th and then again for 6th.

The goal would be to keep the dci feeder rights but do 5th at a different immersion school. That's not usually possible but if the child was assaulted by a school employee they are far outside usual procedures. A safety transfer to a different dci feeder could be another option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you press charges?

You can demand that DCPS allow your child her choice of school. It's worth it to ask anyway, through a lawyer's letter.

If this happened at a DCI feeder, than DCPS has nothing to do with it. They will accept her at her IB at any time, which is their only responsibility. If her school has another campus, then there might be a way to finagle that; if not, I don’t think by what mechanism her school could even offer her a placement elsewhere in some other LEAs. Unfortunately, this is where being at a charter does give you fewer options.

But I thought they were all legally part of DC public schools?

No, they're not. Each charter school is it's own "local education agency", ie. like it's own school district in mini.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree with cap city, Thomson, Whittier. Cleveland or marie reed or Chisholm if she's been in spanish immersion. I would be working with the osse ombudsman and the public charter school board to see if there's a way she can keep feeder preference for dci if she wants to go there. Also Washington school for girls is private but tuition free.

IMO Marie Reed and Chisholm don't have acceptable enough feeder MS. OP is trying to avoid having to start over for 5th and then again for 6th.

The goal would be to keep the dci feeder rights but do 5th at a different immersion school. That's not usually possible but if the child was assaulted by a school employee they are far outside usual procedures. A safety transfer to a different dci feeder could be another option.

Each charter is a separate LEA so they have no obligation to accept a safety transfer. If I were OP I would add any DCI feeder now. Some will take kids in 5th. It’s not likely, but why not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

This was going to be my response. You and your child have rights and the school district cannot just leave you to your own devices if your daughter feels unsafe at school, especially if it is due to physical aggression by a teacher.

If you want to stay in DCPS should allow you to choose whatever elementary school you want to have your child go to

Why when her kid was hurt at a charter? Dcpcsb should find her a place at another dci feeder

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you press charges?

You can demand that DCPS allow your child her choice of school. It's worth it to ask anyway, through a lawyer's letter.

This is not true. They were in a Charter. They can enroll in their current IB school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you press charges?

You can demand that DCPS allow your child her choice of school. It's worth it to ask anyway, through a lawyer's letter.

If this happened at a DCI feeder, than DCPS has nothing to do with it. They will accept her at her IB at any time, which is their only responsibility. If her school has another campus, then there might be a way to finagle that; if not, I don’t think by what mechanism her school could even offer her a placement elsewhere in some other LEAs. Unfortunately, this is where being at a charter does give you fewer options.

But I thought they were all legally part of DC public schools?

No - they are a part of the umbrella of Office of the State Superintendent of Education. Under this is DCPS and DCPCS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

This was going to be my response. You and your child have rights and the school district cannot just leave you to your own devices if your daughter feels unsafe at school, especially if it is due to physical aggression by a teacher.

If you want to stay in DCPS should allow you to choose whatever elementary school you want to have your child go to

Why when her kid was hurt at a charter? Dcpcsb should find her a place at another dci feeder

Not all DCI feeders are within the same LEA. You can't just place someone in another LEA as there are established rules for how enrollment works in part to make sure that people do not get special treatment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

That works for schools with multiple campuses, but one LEA cannot place a child at another LEA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

This was going to be my response. You and your child have rights and the school district cannot just leave you to your own devices if your daughter feels unsafe at school, especially if it is due to physical aggression by a teacher.

If you want to stay in DCPS should allow you to choose whatever elementary school you want to have your child go to

They weren't in DCPS, so this isn't DCPS's responsibility. And even when you need a safety transfer within DCPS, you don't get to choose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

That works for schools with multiple campuses, but one LEA cannot place a child at another LEA.

This. I wonder if you could ask to be placed in DCI though, when the time comes. The only reason OP is losing your feed spot is because of this assault, and that doesn't seem fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

That works for schools with multiple campuses, but one LEA cannot place a child at another LEA.

This. I wonder if you could ask to be placed in DCI though, when the time comes. The only reason OP is losing your feed spot is because of this assault, and that doesn't seem fair.

I doubt it. They are all different LEAs. Fair or not they aren’t obligated to take this student at any time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

That works for schools with multiple campuses, but one LEA cannot place a child at another LEA.

This. I wonder if you could ask to be placed in DCI though, when the time comes. The only reason OP is losing your feed spot is because of this assault, and that doesn't seem fair.

I doubt it. And it's a harder argument when the involved staff was fired, so arguably the OP is removing her child unnecessarily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

That works for schools with multiple campuses, but one LEA cannot place a child at another LEA.

This. I wonder if you could ask to be placed in DCI though, when the time comes. The only reason OP is losing your feed spot is because of this assault, and that doesn't seem fair.

I doubt it. They are all different LEAs. Fair or not they aren’t obligated to take this student at any time.

and for some feeders it is still a lottery.