Today's Post OpEd from DCPS consultants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kaya was stupid enough to tweet an endorsement of this article. I am done defending her.

Shocking. Agree.

Maybe she didn't read it? Or understand it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle class families will leave. Period. As one of the author's neighbors, he might want check with his demographic before speaking out on our behalf. What an idiot...

+1

And does he really think that many of these "poor" families can commute sometimes and hour by public transportation to these crosstown schools?

Another issue with trekking across town is that it still leaves out low-income families because you can't necessarily safely trust little ones to navigate their own way on public transit, so it costs money for a parent or guardian to help bring them there - parents who may already be cash strapped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle class families will leave. Period. As one of the author's neighbors, he might want check with his demographic before speaking out on our behalf. What an idiot...

+1

And does he really think that many of these "poor" families can commute sometimes and hour by public transportation to these crosstown schools?

Another issue with trekking across town is that it still leaves out low-income families because you can't necessarily safely trust little ones to navigate their own way on public transit, so it costs money for a parent or guardian to help bring them there - parents who may already be cash strapped.

And just distance. Do you really think someone is going to travel from Congress Heights to go the Murch? Even if they get in?

[Anonymous]

So who is going to run for mayor opposing this theory of social engineering? Seriously, I will not vote for a fool that does not come out strongly against a plan like this. FWIW, my kids are already in WOTP schools that are not impacted by this but it looks like a great plan to make a troubled system spiral down fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Another issue with trekking across town is that it still leaves out low-income families because you can't necessarily safely trust little ones to navigate their own way on public transit, so it costs money for a parent or guardian to help bring them there - parents who may already be cash strapped.

yeah, the authors anticipated that complaint that's why the cynical limitation to one geographic area [to gain buy-in for an idea that artificially re-engineers the city's neighborhood schools.]

What we need are great neighborhoods with schools that people care about, and charters for those who want something more specific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So who is going to run for mayor opposing this theory of social engineering? Seriously, I will not vote for a fool that does not come out strongly against a plan like this. FWIW, my kids are already in WOTP schools that are not impacted by this but it looks like a great plan to make a troubled system spiral down fast.

Agreed. Kids not in school yet and am wotp and can say I agree with the affected areas that this does not sound like a good plan. Everyone wants a strong, overall system that continued to attract families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So who is going to run for mayor opposing this theory of social engineering? Seriously, I will not vote for a fool that does not come out strongly against a plan like this. FWIW, my kids are already in WOTP schools that are not impacted by this but it looks like a great plan to make a troubled system spiral down fast.

Yes.

[Anonymous]

The first one to come out against this gets my vote.

[Anonymous]

Completely ridiculous that Kaya twittered approval of this shizzle idea. What is she thinking?

[Anonymous]

I will not vote for Grey, Wells or Wells' former employee (name escapes me at the moment), or Bowser. Hope I get a chance to vote for Catania. Hmm, maybe I should vote for Grey in the primaries after all!

[Anonymous]

^^what is Catania's plan?

the only way members of DCUM will realistically get involved if they cannot volunteer time is voting, so any info on who is good to vote for to maintain the concept of neighborhood boundaries (even if they get adjusted which does need to happen) would be helpful to lots of people on this board I imagine.

[Anonymous]

Scott Pearson of the public Charter School Board has called the idea of weighted lotteries at Charter schools a "solution without a problem". Because there is only one charter school in the city with less then 40% low income students ( which one? )

Mike Petrilli already conceded that this plan won't work in wards 3,7 and 8 since the communities are so economically polarized. So the only schools he is concerned with are schools like Brent, Ross, Maury, the cCapitol Hill Cluster school

Because, apparently, having more schools like those would be a horrible thing for the city.

These guys are ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn't Mr. Petrilli go shill his philosphies about the social utility of "maximizing socioeconomic diversity" at the next PTA meeting in his Bethesda neighborhood?

Practice what you preach, buddy--before you start lecturing me and my fellow targeted neighborhood parents.

[Anonymous]

All that I could think when I read the article was that they must want to run the middle class families out of DC. College educated parents will go private or move out of DC before they sacrifice their childrens future in the name of "diversity." How stupid are the authors?

[Anonymous]

They should call it the 100% FARMS plan since non-FARMS families will opt out. The nerve. Who do these guys think they are?!