Implications of a Trump presidency for DC schools

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, but I'm curious what others think about implications of Trump's presidency for DC schools. I'm one of those who moved to DC during the Obama years, and many of my neighbors in our EOTP neighborhood are also fairly new transplants. Many work in fields related to social justice, education, etc.

I'm wondering if there will be downstream effects of a Trump administration on schools. Will the influx of highly educated, liberal professionals into DC slow? Will gentrification of many EOTP neighborhoods slow, and as a result, will there be less willingness to try out neighborhood schools? What will the effects of school choice be, as stated in his 100 day plan:

"School Choice And Education Opportunity Act. Redirects education dollars to give parents the right to send their kid to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their choice. Ends common core, brings education supervision to local communities. It expands vocational and technical education, and make 2 and 4-year college more affordable."

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/10/13584390/donald-trump-first-100-days

Does this mean that more young families will choose charter or private instead of neighborhood schools?

I'm not trying to start any heated political or DCPS vs. charter arguments here--just trying to understand the implications for DC schools, and whether people think that gentrification or buy-in for neighborhood schools may slow as a result. I know none of us have a crystal ball, but wondering if there are any longtime residents or policy wonks out there who could offer some insight.

[Anonymous]

No implications. Seriously, every four years people get stressed out about how schools and real estate are going to change, but they don't. The government jobs, contractors, NGOs, lawyers and lobbyists are all the same regardless.

[Anonymous]

I am thinking all that crime in and around the metro will stop -- either the city will take it seriously, or he'll send the Feds to fix it.

[Anonymous]

Trump will be good for DC. He won't interfere in the schools, andd hopefully will hire some law enforcement with integrity. That's been sorely lacking from the Federal side these last 8 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I am thinking all that crime in and around the metro will stop -- either the city will take it seriously, or he'll send the Feds to fix it.

You're dead wrong. First of all it's not the Fed's responsibility to police most of DC. I think you'll see crime increase as policies exacerbate economic disparities and existing opportunity gaps.

Instead of the selfish DC-centric perspective, I'm more concerned about the impact on women and ethnic/racial minorities/disabled in red states where a large parts of the population have normalized offensive attitudes and behavior

[Anonymous]

It is not inconceivable that DC will be forced to implement a much more broad-based school voucher program than it currently has. That could result in a lot more kids leaving DCPS and charters for private schools, and resources being drained from the public sector.

[Anonymous]

Last week we filled out a form for our kids DCPS. As far as I could tell (because it was written in form-ese) it was asking if one of us was a federal employee because funds were available from the Dept. of Education for schools based on the number of kids of federal employees who attend.

Trump has expressed no love for the Dept. of Education and there are those that would get rid of the Department all together or drastically cut its funding.

Will those funds be available for DC public schools in the Trump Administration? Who knows?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No implications. Seriously, every four years people get stressed out about how schools and real estate are going to change, but they don't. The government jobs, contractors, NGOs, lawyers and lobbyists are all the same regardless.

I think this is different. A Trump administration is going to draw a particular breed. In addition, many Democratic Liberals who work for the government or government contractors - from USAID to EPA to Labor to Justice - are just not going to have the stomach to work for organizations that ultimately report to Donald Trump. I think you're going to see a lot of these people move out of DC. It's nowhere near as appealing to live in DC and be part of the "DC scene" when it's going to be led by a bigoted demagogue. East Coasters are just not going to want to be part of it at all. I already hear people talking about leaving; some aren't serious and won't, but MANY 20 and 30 somethings without mortgages or kids can easily pick up and move to NY, Boston, Philly, the West Coast, or any other place that isn't "where Donald Trump lives."

If Cruz or Rubio or Jeb won, I wouldn't be saying this. But there is something very tangibly, palpably different about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I am thinking all that crime in and around the metro will stop -- either the city will take it seriously, or he'll send the Feds to fix it.

You're dead wrong. First of all it's not the Fed's responsibility to police most of DC. I think you'll see crime increase as policies exacerbate economic disparities and existing opportunity gaps.

Instead of the selfish DC-centric perspective, I'm more concerned about the impact on women and ethnic/racial minorities/disabled in red states where a large parts of the population have normalized offensive attitudes and behavior

Policing is not Fed's responsibility. Prosecuting, sending to jail and keeping in jail criminals, yes .

Read here for instance, about the failures, among others, of the CSOSA (the federal agency charged with watching D.C. offenders released from prison), which did not request a warrant for the arrest of a serial criminal after losing contact with him for 2 weeks after he cut off the GPS monitoring bracelet. The man eventually ended up raping a woman inside her Capitol Hill house.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/off-the-grid-how-a-violent-offender-slipped-through-the-dc-justice-system/2016/05/13/ba4ca96c-ebba-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No implications. Seriously, every four years people get stressed out about how schools and real estate are going to change, but they don't. The government jobs, contractors, NGOs, lawyers and lobbyists are all the same regardless.

I think this is different. A Trump administration is going to draw a particular breed. In addition, many Democratic Liberals who work for the government or government contractors - from USAID to EPA to Labor to Justice - are just not going to have the stomach to work for organizations that ultimately report to Donald Trump. I think you're going to see a lot of these people move out of DC. It's nowhere near as appealing to live in DC and be part of the "DC scene" when it's going to be led by a bigoted demagogue. East Coasters are just not going to want to be part of it at all. I already hear people talking about leaving; some aren't serious and won't, but MANY 20 and 30 somethings without mortgages or kids can easily pick up and move to NY, Boston, Philly, the West Coast, or any other place that isn't "where Donald Trump lives."

If Cruz or Rubio or Jeb won, I wouldn't be saying this. But there is something very tangibly, palpably different about this.

I'm not seeing it. The president has very little contact with the city itself. The Bushes never even went out to dinner in DC. Advisors live in Great Falls and send their kids to private schools. Most of us feds/NGO types plan to just ride it out. The ones with a real liberal conscience are determined to do their best to fight for their agency's mission, and the money grubbers will stick around if the jobs do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump will be good for DC. He won't interfere in the schools, andd hopefully will hire some law enforcement with integrity. That's been sorely lacking from the Federal side these last 8 years.

I'm sorry, what? You actually think the president has anything to do with local policing or schools EVER? What planet are you from? If anything, DC will become more dangerous as a huge target for terrorists. Not to mention all the hate crimes that will occur and are occurring nationwide already by bigots emboldened by his hatred. I fully expect many kids from our school to leave in the next few years because they have parents from other countries. If I could leave, I would too. I don't want to live in a place where children are bullying each other because their president says it's okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No implications. Seriously, every four years people get stressed out about how schools and real estate are going to change, but they don't. The government jobs, contractors, NGOs, lawyers and lobbyists are all the same regardless.

I think this is different. A Trump administration is going to draw a particular breed. In addition, many Democratic Liberals who work for the government or government contractors - from USAID to EPA to Labor to Justice - are just not going to have the stomach to work for organizations that ultimately report to Donald Trump. I think you're going to see a lot of these people move out of DC. It's nowhere near as appealing to live in DC and be part of the "DC scene" when it's going to be led by a bigoted demagogue. East Coasters are just not going to want to be part of it at all. I already hear people talking about leaving; some aren't serious and won't, but MANY 20 and 30 somethings without mortgages or kids can easily pick up and move to NY, Boston, Philly, the West Coast, or any other place that isn't "where Donald Trump lives."

If Cruz or Rubio or Jeb won, I wouldn't be saying this. But there is something very tangibly, palpably different about this.

I'm not seeing it. The president has very little contact with the city itself. The Bushes never even went out to dinner in DC. Advisors live in Great Falls and send their kids to private schools. Most of us feds/NGO types plan to just ride it out. The ones with a real liberal conscience are determined to do their best to fight for their agency's mission, and the money grubbers will stick around if the jobs do.

They did, actually. Like twice to Cactus Cantina. I'm hoping every restaurant in the city refuses to serve that monster. I want his four years here to be highly uncomfortable. I want people to shout at his motorcade. I want him to know how much he's hated every time he looks out the white house windows.

[Anonymous]

That's why he built himself a safehouse (hotel).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's why he built himself a safehouse (hotel).

Which will be surrounded for four years. With DC's lack of loitering laws, can we park all the homeless outside his hotel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's why he built himself a safehouse (hotel).

Which will be surrounded for four years. With DC's lack of loitering laws, can we park all the homeless outside his hotel?

Also, can we put it out of business by then with zero customers?