Are there other Republican parents at your charter?

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Anonymous wrote:DH is a republican hill staffer and we're at a DCPS elementary and definitely rare. It's funny to me that the other republicans upthread mention that they don't broadcast their political affiliation. We don't either but it always comes out because of DH's job. But I also wish it wasn't the case that we feel like we CAN'T broadcast it. I bet if more moderate republicans in DC/DCPS/charter schools/diverse neighborhoods would be open about their political affiliation, our neighbors might change their perception of Republicans a bit.

Yes, it's horrible that people create a culture where you don't feel comfortable coming out as yourself. It would be really bad if the people in power created laws to discriminate against you... Wait - what topic are we talking about again?

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I don't know. Have never asked another parent at our HRC about their party affiliation and have not thought about this at all until I read this thread. Why do you care?

FYI, we are Republicans but voted for Obama both times... So I guess there are at least one republicans at our charter

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Anonymous wrote:I'm happy to be friendly to republicans if you're not anti-gay.

Um, thanks?

You do realize one can be a Republican but socially liberal, right?

Yes, and they're the worst kind. "I am totally in favor of gay rights and reproductive choice. I just vote for people who aren't."

Remind me why you do that again?

Because it sounds good to say it, but when it comes to a conflict between their tax rate and someone else's rights, the tax rate always wins.

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I'm a conservative at one of the charters with a long wait list. I am very involved in the school, volunteer often and am at play dates and other functions with school families more than I ever would have imagined.

In five years have never heard politics discussed among parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH is a republican hill staffer and we're at a DCPS elementary and definitely rare. It's funny to me that the other republicans upthread mention that they don't broadcast their political affiliation. We don't either but it always comes out because of DH's job. But I also wish it wasn't the case that we feel like we CAN'T broadcast it. I bet if more moderate republicans in DC/DCPS/charter schools/diverse neighborhoods would be open about their political affiliation, our neighbors might change their perception of Republicans a bit.

But, there truly aren't that many of you. Federal election returns and voter registrations don't lie, you know?

And especially once you factor out the 25 year old, single & childless Republicans who just moved here out of grad school. They're counted in those returns but they aren't putting kids in school.

I like you fine, you can broadcast comfortably around me , but I predict you're unlikely to form a good-sized posse in DCPS schools anytime soon.

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Aaand responses like those upthread are the reasons we would never announce we are Republicans. Who wants to deal with that when you are just picking up your kids or volunteering at a bake sale or whatever. If I want to get into a fight or be condescended to, I can do that elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:It is fascinating to me that there would be Republicans (1) living in the District in (2) a neighborhood with enough _[xyz whatever__] residents right around you to make the assigned school "struggling." So not in Spring Valley or Kent.

Was it accidental?

And to be on point, I cannot think of a single Republican parent with a child at a PCS. But surely there are a handful, as you see on this thread so far.

I'm a republican who lived in Shaw for 10 years. But great stereotyping there.

You came to Washington to work in policy, I assume. Either on the Hill, a think tank, an NGO. Possibly, at a law firm. Not saying there are no Republicans in DC, bc obv there always have been a small percent. I am suggesting that it is very, very uncommon IM(25 yr)E to see a Republican parent, with school age children, choosing to live in a neighborhood with schools that struggle due to the traits of the IB kids.



Be honest: do you have children that you send to public school in the District? Does a single Republican neighbor of yours in Shaw send their kid, over age 5, to Seaton or Garrison or similar?

Jumping in to defend my republican neighbor here, downtown/shaw liberal resident, up until 2 years ago, no liberal families were sending their children there either.

Unlike the rest of DC, we in mid-city care more about our neighbors then the rest of you do. There are republicans, dems, Green Party, libertarians and all sorts living here. That's why we are different. We don't judge based on a label.

Now, go back to your rock.

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I figure a lot of these "I've never seen a republican" really haven't lived in DC long. Obviously, tons come in when the administrations change. Try living here for more the. 10-15 years folks.

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Anonymous wrote:I figure a lot of these "I've never seen a republican" really haven't lived in DC long. Obviously, tons come in when the administrations change. Try living here for more the. 10-15 years folks.

I've been here 25. Still don't know many that live EOTP/not on Capitol Hill. In my Ward 5 precinct, 17 people voted for Romney last time around. Obama was over 700.

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Unlike the rest of DC, we in mid-city care more about our neighbors then the rest of you do.

Can you demonstrate concretely how you do this more frequently and more intensely than, for example, residents of Ward 4? Ward 8?

Remember to compare and contrast. If you cite "shoveling my neighbor's sidewalk when she was pregnant," then you need to demonstrate this occurs at a greater rate in central DC neighbors when compared to peripheral neighborhoods.

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Anonymous wrote:I figure a lot of these "I've never seen a republican" really haven't lived in DC long. Obviously, tons come in when the administrations change. Try living here for more the. 10-15 years folks.

I've been here 25. Still don't know many that live EOTP/not on Capitol Hill. In my Ward 5 precinct, 17 people voted for Romney last time around. Obama was over 700.

I've been here since 1991. Precinct returns over the decades are excellent data that the "We're everywhere!" Rs don't want to acknowledge

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OP, please don't be put off of charters by this thread. My HRCS has one car with Republican bumper stickers, but more to the point on those off-campus occasions where politics do come up, before speaking folks will ask a few questions to make sure they aren't offending anyone's sensibilities. We need all kinds of diversity in our schools.

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Anonymous wrote:You're incapable of making small talk with people who aren't Republicans?

Sure. Are you capable of talking to me about who I'm flying to Iowa to support in the caucuses without picking a political fight?

I wouldn't pick a political fight. I'd just think you must be really rich or crazy to spend money on flying to Iowa for any caucus.

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Anonymous wrote:You're incapable of making small talk with people who aren't Republicans?

She probably finds them "soleless" LOL

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Anonymous wrote:For a variety of reasons, we will be doing the charter lottery next year in lieu of our IB struggling elementary school. We have started talking to neighborhood parents and other cater school parents and feel like we are the soul Republicans looking for a charter solution rather than a move to Virginia. Does your charter have any Republican families that can be so openly? (I'm not going to stick bumper stickers on my kid just hoping to find a few like minded parents to enjoy school functions with.)

What are Soul Republicans?