Should DCPS be broken up into multiple districts?

[Anonymous]

Why not just hold the Mayor accountable? Crazy right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Breaking up DCPS by Ward would also make the system more equitable. That way each Ward council member could specifically tailor their local schools the specific needs of their community. Funding could also be more specifically targeted to particular needs.

This is a terrible idea for a variety of reasons, but the biggest one is: Ward councilmembers are not the mayors of their wards, and we shouldn't want them to be. (Also, how would you divide up the funding between the wards? Or would each ward get to spend all the tax revenue from residents of that ward? Because if THAT is the plan, there will be nothing remotely equitable about it...)

[Anonymous]

Agree, I think this would make the worst schools even worse.

I think the schools with the most struggling and at risk kids need more supports and wrap-around services to help kids succeed. Summer reading programs, math camps and other thing st help bring them up to speed, mandate them but also combine with meals, fun, life skills, coaching because many of those kids will suffer neglect and the idle-hands-devils-workshop types of things for lack of adequate care giving at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, what I am hearing is that let’s continue on the current path because otherwise kids from intact families will actually achieve more, perform better. It seems the goal is that if poor kids are failing then no one else should get ahead and stay at somewhat same level. DC will become the exact version of Baltimore and even though Baltimore has 4th highest spending per pupil in the nation, they still can’t get kids to pass simple standardized tests.

You can’t fix lack of parenting by throwing money at schools, you just cannot. My kid’s goal is to achieve to the best of their potential, their goal is not to fulfill liberals per projects and uplift rest of the kids, that has to done on its own.

+1

Why are we sacrificing one group of kids for another group? Each child deserves to strive for the best of their own potential. DCPS should not be sabotaging anyone's progress.