A solution for military families in dc?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Ward 8 families would love a military-family-focused charter at JBAB they could also attend. Set it up to take all the military kids as inbound and others on a space available basis and it would always be oversubscribed.

That's basically the idea, half of the seats will be reserved for military kids and the other half will be open enrollment. They're planning for mostly Ward 8 students and seem to have been very successful in Chicago with a mix of military and local low-income families.

How would this be different from the JBAB population attending Leckie? If it's half military and half local families? Why does it have to be a charter?

Why don't you read the charter proposal and see? Also - the public comment period is open. Weigh in if you feel strongly about it one way or another.

https://www.dcpcsb.org/public-comment/new-school-application-learn-charter-school-network

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Ward 8 families would love a military-family-focused charter at JBAB they could also attend. Set it up to take all the military kids as inbound and others on a space available basis and it would always be oversubscribed.

That's basically the idea, half of the seats will be reserved for military kids and the other half will be open enrollment. They're planning for mostly Ward 8 students and seem to have been very successful in Chicago with a mix of military and local low-income families.

How would this be different from the JBAB population attending Leckie? If it's half military and half local families? Why does it have to be a charter?

Why don't you read the charter proposal and see? Also - the public comment period is open. Weigh in if you feel strongly about it one way or another.

https://www.dcpcsb.org/public-comment/new-school-application-learn-charter-school-network

Thank you for the link.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And to add to PP, I am surprised the other PP said military families in DC are scared of brown people. Have they not seen the racial make up of the military, especially enlisted families who are more than likely going to live on base in this area because it's what they can afford?

It's just a knee-jerk reaction from a certain kind of white person at this point. No one listens to them but they get that dopamine rush from calling someone else a racist.

If you think there are no bigots in the military you are very naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And to add to PP, I am surprised the other PP said military families in DC are scared of brown people. Have they not seen the racial make up of the military, especially enlisted families who are more than likely going to live on base in this area because it's what they can afford?

It was an incredible ignorant comment. Obviously they don't understand military life. The only color I knew growing on military installations around the world was green.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Ward 8 families would love a military-family-focused charter at JBAB they could also attend. Set it up to take all the military kids as inbound and others on a space available basis and it would always be oversubscribed.

That's basically the idea, half of the seats will be reserved for military kids and the other half will be open enrollment. They're planning for mostly Ward 8 students and seem to have been very successful in Chicago with a mix of military and local low-income families.

How would this be different from the JBAB population attending Leckie? If it's half military and half local families? Why does it have to be a charter?

How in the world is leckie 50% military? We go there. Do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Ward 8 families would love a military-family-focused charter at JBAB they could also attend. Set it up to take all the military kids as inbound and others on a space available basis and it would always be oversubscribed.

That's basically the idea, half of the seats will be reserved for military kids and the other half will be open enrollment. They're planning for mostly Ward 8 students and seem to have been very successful in Chicago with a mix of military and local low-income families.

How would this be different from the JBAB population attending Leckie? If it's half military and half local families? Why does it have to be a charter?

How in the world is leckie 50% military? We go there. Do you?

I can answer this - it will be different because public charter schools and public schools are different. It is not simply percentages, but also how schools are designed. Charters have a built in flexibility that many parents are drawn to - so if they say, we want to be responsive to the needs of military families-they actually can design some of their program around that. Has Leckie made similar overtures or shaped its program with the nearby military population partially in mind, and if so, how?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Ward 8 families would love a military-family-focused charter at JBAB they could also attend. Set it up to take all the military kids as inbound and others on a space available basis and it would always be oversubscribed.

That's basically the idea, half of the seats will be reserved for military kids and the other half will be open enrollment. They're planning for mostly Ward 8 students and seem to have been very successful in Chicago with a mix of military and local low-income families.

How would this be different from the JBAB population attending Leckie? If it's half military and half local families? Why does it have to be a charter?

How in the world is leckie 50% military? We go there. Do you?

I can answer this - it will be different because public charter schools and public schools are different. It is not simply percentages, but also how schools are designed. Charters have a built in flexibility that many parents are drawn to - so if they say, we want to be responsive to the needs of military families-they actually can design some of their program around that. Has Leckie made similar overtures or shaped its program with the nearby military population partially in mind, and if so, how?

Has there been a request from those on base for such programming?

[Anonymous]

When did military families become such snowflakes? I come from a multi generational military family and my dh is a vet. We went to whatever public or DoD school that was nearby. Almost all my military Brat friends have MDs and PhDs and talk about how grateful we were not to have been coddled. I am really worried about this generation of Brats with their parents obsessed with top schools and not teaching their kids who civilians and other cultures work.

[Anonymous]

I always thought it was interesting that people on here spoke about schools with such confidence even though they have had no experience with them. And now people are doing the same with the military experience. Do people not know how to listen to people with first hand experience and respect it? Why are so many people trying to be experts in something they don’t have first hand experience with?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Ward 8 families would love a military-family-focused charter at JBAB they could also attend. Set it up to take all the military kids as inbound and others on a space available basis and it would always be oversubscribed.

That's basically the idea, half of the seats will be reserved for military kids and the other half will be open enrollment. They're planning for mostly Ward 8 students and seem to have been very successful in Chicago with a mix of military and local low-income families.

How would this be different from the JBAB population attending Leckie? If it's half military and half local families? Why does it have to be a charter?

How in the world is leckie 50% military? We go there. Do you?

I can answer this - it will be different because public charter schools and public schools are different. It is not simply percentages, but also how schools are designed. Charters have a built in flexibility that many parents are drawn to - so if they say, we want to be responsive to the needs of military families-they actually can design some of their program around that. Has Leckie made similar overtures or shaped its program with the nearby military population partially in mind, and if so, how?

Has there been a request from those on base for such programming?

Yes. Why don't you look up the testimony from when the Council changed the laws to make this charter school possible and also to try and better facilitate off-cycle entry into DCPS schools.

TL;dr --This process started on base, which parents and leadership approaching the Council, the mayor (Gray then Bowser), the PCSB and even local business leaders about how to better support students at JBAB.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

I'm pretty sure they can enroll at any DCPS school they want. While many go to Stoddert, there are many at other schools too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot.

I don't understand why military families get some special preferences, they are barely DC residents for even a few years and yet we are bending over backwards to help families who will move on a in a couple of years and have no vested interest in the District. I do have a friend with kids at Leckie and the miliary families are the only diversity at the school. Her kids PK class had several white middle class kids and a few asian american kids. but by K they all moved on. when our city needs more options for all kids, this is absurd to cater to this one group.

What special preferences do they get?

I'm pretty sure they can enroll at any DCPS school they want. While many go to Stoddert, there are many at other schools too.

No. They can enroll at any DCPS neighborhood school if there are seats available / no wait list. They can enter the lottery from another city and have more time to establish residency, but of course they don’t always know they will be coming to DC when the lottery opens. If there is a wait list they have to go to their IB or the back of the WL like anyone else who moves to the city midyear.

[Anonymous]

We are a military family and only got into another school because we applied through the lottery. I love how the rumor somehow got spread that we can go to *any* school we want. Have you read the policy about it?