Proximity Preference 0.5 mile for charters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any maps out there of locations that are more than 0.5 mile away from their by-rights neighborhood school? That would help me make up my mind about what I think about this.

Also, do people feel like this is the first step in a slide towards generalized neighborhood preference for charters (which I am opposed to) or a band-aid for a very specific problem (kids who are quite far from their neighborhood school, often due to school closures)?

band-aid

[Anonymous]

Wonderful! Now, if they would just strip the .5> mile to IB school requirement, Ward 5 will become HOT!!!

[Anonymous]

For those of us who live in Ward 8, this sucks---big time.

[Anonymous]

http://www.dcpcsb.org/report/neighborhood-preference-task-force-report

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of us who live in Ward 8, this sucks---big time.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of us who live in Ward 8, this sucks---big time.

this likely won't afftect the hrcs you might want to commute to since residents in these wards are within .5 of a school. I woudl love someone to do an analysis on google maps though. How many ward 5 etc residents aren't within .5 of their IB?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of us who live in Ward 8, this sucks---big time.

agree that this has to be coupled with stronger charter board oversight to ensure that a broad variety of charters are located in every ward.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't going to have much of an effect on the PK-elementary schools at least in the neighborhoods I know, but what about middle and highschools liek basis and latin? Also this opens teh door for a real proximity preference in the future, which will just turn pockets of NE into real estate similar to NW. My house, close to lamb, would probably go up 50,000 grand over night. Goof for no one.

Preference is for elementary kids

got it, thanks!

Where are you getting this information? I couldn't find Bowser's proposed language, but the article says "elementary aged" children, which absolutely could apply to Latin (starts in 5th) depending on how that is defined.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Making it more complicated is going to benefit those who can navigate it best. I think this benefits the wealthy who can figure the system out and buy in specific locations to take advantage of it.

For example, there are going to be certain houses that are <.5 mi to a target HRCS and >.5mi from their DCPS. I could find those houses. I highly doubt those who are economically disadvantaged could.

but its up to the charter to evoke it or not. leading to much uncertainty. in that way, at least, you won't see housing prices affected

That's true in the short term. But if a place like LAMB decided to offer it, I think it would drive up prices in any areas that meet the two criteria. I'd certainly run the analysis if I were looking.

Offer it one year and not the next, which is their perogative. Housing prices need more stability that that to shoot up.

I'd be shocked if LAMB offers this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't going to have much of an effect on the PK-elementary schools at least in the neighborhoods I know, but what about middle and highschools liek basis and latin? Also this opens teh door for a real proximity preference in the future, which will just turn pockets of NE into real estate similar to NW. My house, close to lamb, would probably go up 50,000 grand over night. Goof for no one.

Preference is for elementary kids

got it, thanks!

Where are you getting this information? I couldn't find Bowser's proposed language, but the article says "elementary aged" children, which absolutely could apply to Latin (starts in 5th) depending on how that is defined.

Latin defines its school as middle school and upper. Not elementary

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Making it more complicated is going to benefit those who can navigate it best. I think this benefits the wealthy who can figure the system out and buy in specific locations to take advantage of it.

For example, there are going to be certain houses that are <.5 mi to a target HRCS and >.5mi from their DCPS. I could find those houses. I highly doubt those who are economically disadvantaged could.

but its up to the charter to evoke it or not. leading to much uncertainty. in that way, at least, you won't see housing prices affected

That's true in the short term. But if a place like LAMB decided to offer it, I think it would drive up prices in any areas that meet the two criteria. I'd certainly run the analysis if I were looking.

Offer it one year and not the next, which is their perogative. Housing prices need more stability that that to shoot up.

I'd be shocked if LAMB offers this.

I don't think they can if they aren't part of My School DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.dcpcsb.org/report/neighborhood-preference-task-force-report

This is helpful. The taskforce concluded no to proximity preference with this one caveat:

However, the task force does support allowing charters to voluntarily offer a time-limited preference for students in the enrollment zone of a recently closed DCPS school when a charter school would occupy that facility.

So this is an attempt to do teh above. It will likely just affect neighborhoods with elementary schools that have closed. I'd still love to see a map of what areas of DC don't have an elementary school within .5 miles. Likely east of eth river? Maybe areas of NW, but those don't have any charters within .5.

Overall, a nonstory for dcum readers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.dcpcsb.org/report/neighborhood-preference-task-force-report

This is helpful. The taskforce concluded no to proximity preference with this one caveat:

However, the task force does support allowing charters to voluntarily offer a time-limited preference for students in the enrollment zone of a recently closed DCPS school when a charter school would occupy that facility.

So this is an attempt to do teh above. It will likely just affect neighborhoods with elementary schools that have closed. I'd still love to see a map of what areas of DC don't have an elementary school within .5 miles. Likely east of eth river? Maybe areas of NW, but those don't have any charters within .5.

Overall, a nonstory for dcum readers.

Maybe this is DCUM blasphemy, but I care about the direction our city is taking even if it doesn't directly affect me or my family.

[Anonymous]

We live in Woodridge and would be affected - more than 0.75 miles to Langdon and much closer to the Friendship charter. Not an issue for us since we are already in another charter school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.dcpcsb.org/report/neighborhood-preference-task-force-report

This is helpful. The taskforce concluded no to proximity preference with this one caveat:

However, the task force does support allowing charters to voluntarily offer a time-limited preference for students in the enrollment zone of a recently closed DCPS school when a charter school would occupy that facility.

So this is an attempt to do teh above. It will likely just affect neighborhoods with elementary schools that have closed. I'd still love to see a map of what areas of DC don't have an elementary school within .5 miles. Likely east of eth river? Maybe areas of NW, but those don't have any charters within .5.

Overall, a nonstory for dcum readers.

A large part of the Watkins boundary is more than .5 miles from Watkins.