An intrinsic problem to the DC charter system - admin becoming unresponsive?

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Anonymous wrote:Schools like MV that are DCI feeders often have higher retention than they deserve because people who live in areas with bad middle schools will stay just to have a DCI feeder. I think a lot of people don;t have problems with the school until 2nd grade or later and then they feel like they should stick it out for DCI.

I'm curious to see how things change after DCI is no longer a guarantee. I figure after sibling preference, chances of a non-sibling getting into DCI are really not that great after the expansion kicks in. So there's a lot less reason to put up with MV, Stokes EE commute, etc.

I honestly don't think there will be a sibling preference offered for 5th graders interested in going to DCI.

Well they have been clear in saying there will be a sibling preference.

Who is they? This is all academic at this point/

DCI.

It isn't up to them. It will be up to each feeder school to decide how to allocate its seats for DCI -- according to the PCSB.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools like MV that are DCI feeders often have higher retention than they deserve because people who live in areas with bad middle schools will stay just to have a DCI feeder. I think a lot of people don;t have problems with the school until 2nd grade or later and then they feel like they should stick it out for DCI.

I'm curious to see how things change after DCI is no longer a guarantee. I figure after sibling preference, chances of a non-sibling getting into DCI are really not that great after the expansion kicks in. So there's a lot less reason to put up with MV, Stokes EE commute, etc.

I honestly don't think there will be a sibling preference offered for 5th graders interested in going to DCI.

Well they have been clear in saying there will be a sibling preference.

Who is they? This is all academic at this point/

DCI.

It isn't up to them. It will be up to each feeder school to decide how to allocate its seats for DCI -- according to the PCSB.

In terms of sibling preference, it is up to dci. Feeders get x number of seats and the remaining spots get staff preference and sibling preference.

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Anonymous wrote:In my experience as a founding family, parents need to back up at some point and let the admin run the business. If you have a problem in class, that’s another issue.

-Same. It's always nice to be acknowledged and have ways to contribute that are valued--and charters are frankly not always the best with that kind of follow up, but at the end of the day the buck stops with the admin and faculty, and they don't want (nor should they) a bunch of parent back seat drivers. If you want to be that involved, get a job application I would say.

These are all very facile answers when your school hasn't either been subject to a child predator or lost 25% of its teaching staff or has parents leaving in droves due to intense bullying.

And that's why each charter schools have some type of PTA (usually), a board and also the governing charter board, What are you as a parent going to do to solve deep dysfunction referenced above by dialoguing with administration?

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I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

Yes, good school admin/faculty/staff can be a buffer between central and the every day experience. In a charter, the dysfunction is right there in your face every day.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

Yes, good school admin/faculty/staff can be a buffer between central and the every day experience. In a charter, the dysfunction is right there in your face every day.

The same can be said of my charter who has excellent teachers. The board isn’t great and the admin is bad, but the duty has been amazing. Not sure what you mean by “in your face every day”. I still can’t imagine a single dcps i would even consider.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

Yes, good school admin/faculty/staff can be a buffer between central and the every day experience. In a charter, the dysfunction is right there in your face every day.

The same can be said of my charter who has excellent teachers. The board isn’t great and the admin is bad, but the duty has been amazing. Not sure what you mean by “in your face every day”. I still can’t imagine a single dcps i would even consider.

Faculty. Not duty

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

Yes, good school admin/faculty/staff can be a buffer between central and the every day experience. In a charter, the dysfunction is right there in your face every day.

The same can be said of my charter who has excellent teachers. The board isn’t great and the admin is bad, but the duty has been amazing. Not sure what you mean by “in your face every day”. I still can’t imagine a single dcps i would even consider.

You’re entitled to your own views, but wow. Not even one? That’s pretty extreme.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

Yes, good school admin/faculty/staff can be a buffer between central and the every day experience. In a charter, the dysfunction is right there in your face every day.

The same can be said of my charter who has excellent teachers. The board isn’t great and the admin is bad, but the duty has been amazing. Not sure what you mean by “in your face every day”. I still can’t imagine a single dcps i would even consider.

You’re entitled to your own views, but wow. Not even one? That’s pretty extreme.

+1. That’s really extreme - and a bit strange to me if you are giving charters a chance

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

Yes, good school admin/faculty/staff can be a buffer between central and the every day experience. In a charter, the dysfunction is right there in your face every day.

The same can be said of my charter who has excellent teachers. The board isn’t great and the admin is bad, but the duty has been amazing. Not sure what you mean by “in your face every day”. I still can’t imagine a single dcps i would even consider.

You’re entitled to your own views, but wow. Not even one? That’s pretty extreme.

+1. That’s really extreme - and a bit strange to me if you are giving charters a chance

I value language immersion and was very turned off by the dcps we matched with on the lottery when it came up some issues with my special needs child. It seemed like a sweet school, but I didn’t care for the role of central office. Our Charter was more accomodating, and I don’t like the way dcps handles language immersion.

I think I should qualify my statement with the words “for my family”. So yes, I can’t think of a dcps I would consider
for my family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, but no one is more important in advocating for my kid than I am as a parent.

Except with charter's you often end up hitting a brick wall with no where else to go.

DCPS. I went to DCPS. I wish there was a way to consistently get charter administrations to play ball, but unfortunately that’s not how the law is set up. They are accountable to the DCPCSB for financial mismanagement and test scores.

I think dcps is way more dysfunctional than any of the dci feeders, for example.

DCPS central can be a crap show sometimes, but our school admin and staff are great. They have a much bigger influence on my kids experience.

Yes, good school admin/faculty/staff can be a buffer between central and the every day experience. In a charter, the dysfunction is right there in your face every day.

I worked in one of these strong DCPS schools where we were all "buffers". I think you are underestimating how demoralizing and toxic playing that thankless, unsupported go-between role is day after day after day. Yes, everyone did what they had to, but everyone was miserable as well which at some point creates a lesser school environment and teaching/learning experience. Good charters cut through this and have generally high morale due to their flexibility, autonomy and responsiveness. As to bad ones--I'm unclear why PTA, Board and Charter Board are not instruments for course correction in your eyes?