Why don't out of boundary parents work on their own schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And...this is why I send my kid to a city-wide charter school. OP (and others) are just gross.

You think there aren't gross people at city-wide charters too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF do you care if someone comes into your school from OOB?

I care if the OOB students are causing my school to go way over the capacity cap, because that results in lower quality for everyone.

That sounds like a problem with DCPS opening up too many seats, not with the people who sign up for an available spot. Only IB students get to attend by right - the rest have to deal with available spots in the lottery.

Yes, it is a problem created by DCPS, and I agree the only way to fix it is to get DCPS to limit the OOB spots available to the maximum capacity of the school. But while I've written to DCPS to encourage this logical limitation, I know plenty of OOB parents lobby hard to ensure none of their children will lose OOB access.

I've got absolutely no problem with OOB children attending a school that's under-capacity. Indeed, I think that's almost a logical market, where the best-run schools will attract more students, and the poorly-run schools will lose students. But the market fails when capacity caps get ignored. Don't you agree?

[Anonymous]

0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

Good thing you're taking the hard and uncomfortable action of complaining on DCUM! You're such a go-getter!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

And do any of the points people made here about WHY those parents can't take effective action resonating with you?

Or are you just covering your ears, singing la-la-la, and pretending that all those parents have your money and advantages and time?

Those are structural barriers. They are very difficult to overcome. You need to grasp that factor if you want to really understand the problem rather than fling shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

And do any of the points people made here about WHY those parents can't take effective action resonating with you?

Or are you just covering your ears, singing la-la-la, and pretending that all those parents have your money and advantages and time?

Those are structural barriers. They are very difficult to overcome. You need to grasp that factor if you want to really understand the problem rather than fling shit.

What are these "structural barriers "you keep prattling on about? Democrats control every elected office in this city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

Good thing you're taking the hard and uncomfortable action of complaining on DCUM! You're such a go-getter!

This made me laugh obnoxiously to myself in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

And do any of the points people made here about WHY those parents can't take effective action resonating with you?

Or are you just covering your ears, singing la-la-la, and pretending that all those parents have your money and advantages and time?

Those are structural barriers. They are very difficult to overcome. You need to grasp that factor if you want to really understand the problem rather than fling shit.

What are these "structural barriers "you keep prattling on about? Democrats control every elected office in this city.

And there you have it . PP- When did you move to DC?

[Anonymous]

Try convincing your neighbors not to go private. Methinks OP is mad b/c her kid didn't get into Sidwell and has to go to school with gasp FARMS kids instead of the Obamas. #firstworldproblems

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

And do any of the points people made here about WHY those parents can't take effective action resonating with you?

Or are you just covering your ears, singing la-la-la, and pretending that all those parents have your money and advantages and time?

Those are structural barriers. They are very difficult to overcome. You need to grasp that factor if you want to really understand the problem rather than fling shit.

What are these "structural barriers "you keep prattling on about? Democrats control every elected office in this city.

Let me spell it out again, since you can't read the big words. Money. Time. Education level of parents, too.

Political parties have nothing to do with these factors. Turn off Fox and look around yourself. Or just go private. Then you won't have to worry about nasty OOB parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

And do any of the points people made here about WHY those parents can't take effective action resonating with you?

Or are you just covering your ears, singing la-la-la, and pretending that all those parents have your money and advantages and time?

Those are structural barriers. They are very difficult to overcome. You need to grasp that factor if you want to really understand the problem rather than fling shit.

What are these "structural barriers "you keep prattling on about? Democrats control every elected office in this city.

And there you have it . PP- When did you move to DC?

Do you have an answer? I don't think you do. These "structural problems "are just another line in your litany of excuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

And do any of the points people made here about WHY those parents can't take effective action resonating with you?

Or are you just covering your ears, singing la-la-la, and pretending that all those parents have your money and advantages and time?

Those are structural barriers. They are very difficult to overcome. You need to grasp that factor if you want to really understand the problem rather than fling shit.

What are these "structural barriers "you keep prattling on about? Democrats control every elected office in this city.

And there you have it . PP- When did you move to DC?

Born in Northeast in 1968.

When did you move here from Westchester?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

And do any of the points people made here about WHY those parents can't take effective action resonating with you?

Or are you just covering your ears, singing la-la-la, and pretending that all those parents have your money and advantages and time?

Those are structural barriers. They are very difficult to overcome. You need to grasp that factor if you want to really understand the problem rather than fling shit.

What are these "structural barriers "you keep prattling on about? Democrats control every elected office in this city.

Let me spell it out again, since you can't read the big words. Money. Time. Education level of parents, too.

Political parties have nothing to do with these factors. Turn off Fox and look around yourself. Or just go private. Then you won't have to worry about nasty OOB parents.

Money? DC PS spends the same amount of money per kid per school. And more than the burbs. And I pay my taxes so I deserve my school.
Time? Make time for the education of your child.

[Anonymous]

I don't mind the folks who have lived in DC for generations who try to lottery into better schools across the park. It's the hipsters who buy into Petworth, Shaw, etc. who somehow feel they have just as much right to attend Janney as those who spend their life savings to buy a tiny, run down $1M center hall colonial in AU park. You moved to a transitional neighborhood. Now own it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:0P here. I am not against out of boundary students per se. What I am against is the overcrowding in our high-performing schools because parents of low performing schools won't take the hard and uncomfortable actions to increase standards at their schools.

By overcrowding you mean enrollment in excess of the school's available slots? How does that happen? Who allows it?