Thoughts on Dunbar?

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Anonymous wrote:Just sharing this to spread some positive vibes for a lot of folks inbound: Eastern. Pretty cool!

https://mobile.twitter.com/easternmarching/status/1516152504211419136

Looking like Southern...Great Look!

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a high-SES black parent and my kids would get destroyed at most of those schools. We have enough problems to worry about than subjecting our kids to that foolishness. It'll be Latin or private for us, so reallistically probably private starting in 6th.

Due to racism, low expectations from teachers? Overcrowding? Something else? Your voice is important for all to hear. I'm a parent of a young mixed kid and always seeking to listen to Black voices willing to share their lived experiences.

My kids are mixed too (black and non-white). It's really about low expectations, which is really a problem everywhere when it comes to black children. Most high-performing (on even grade level-performing) black children have few same race academic peers in public schools. This is a real drag on their academic performance as you get into middle, HS.

I would have a look at this:

https://washingtondc.momcollective.com/parenting-wisdom/tips/diverse-schools-dilemma-black-boys-in-school/

Here is the money quote from the link above

School Solutions

Diverse Schools Dilemma’s suggestions helped me envision a plan for my son’s education, up until middle school. After elementary school, things get tricky. The book has a suggestion to help middle-class parents of African-American boys overcome the cycle of low expectations, decide excelling academically is a Black thing, and be in a peer group that will push a young man to do and be his best. Unfortunately, the solution is not cheap, it’s a private school. Not just a private school, a private school with a critical mass of students of color. It isn’t the only solution, but a public school program the book highlights is so complex and nuanced I would not trust DCPS or a charter to be able to implement or maintain it. There are a number of predominately African-American private schools in the District of Columbia, but that would be another post for another time.

Thank you for sharing. Raises so many more questions about how to curate the academic experience to support our POC kids. My well-intentioned white friends tell me not to worry about school choice-- that kids with educated parents will do fine even if the school is mediocre completely overlooking that my son has to figure out how to PROVE he is more competent just to be viewed (encouraged, and challenged) similarly by a teacher, not to mention other factors like making friends. We all know intrinsic biases work against POC kids but this is new territory for me and I'm trying to figure out how to navigate it. In the comments section, the author recommended finding mentors because learning how to navigate academics for POC is a skill to be learned and i will do that. Thanks again for your initial comment.

The other issue is peer group. Many POC with means send their kids to private rather to even Deal or Wilson, because while the white kids tend to be uniformly higher SES and higher performing, that isn't the same of the kids of color. So there have been issues with being drawn into a crowd where there is pressure not to be seen as a nerd and to de-prioritize academics.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a high-SES black parent and my kids would get destroyed at most of those schools. We have enough problems to worry about than subjecting our kids to that foolishness. It'll be Latin or private for us, so reallistically probably private starting in 6th.

Due to racism, low expectations from teachers? Overcrowding? Something else? Your voice is important for all to hear. I'm a parent of a young mixed kid and always seeking to listen to Black voices willing to share their lived experiences.

My kids are mixed too (black and non-white). It's really about low expectations, which is really a problem everywhere when it comes to black children. Most high-performing (on even grade level-performing) black children have few same race academic peers in public schools. This is a real drag on their academic performance as you get into middle, HS.

I would have a look at this:

https://washingtondc.momcollective.com/parenting-wisdom/tips/diverse-schools-dilemma-black-boys-in-school/

Here is the money quote from the link above

School Solutions

Diverse Schools Dilemma’s suggestions helped me envision a plan for my son’s education, up until middle school. After elementary school, things get tricky. The book has a suggestion to help middle-class parents of African-American boys overcome the cycle of low expectations, decide excelling academically is a Black thing, and be in a peer group that will push a young man to do and be his best. Unfortunately, the solution is not cheap, it’s a private school. Not just a private school, a private school with a critical mass of students of color. It isn’t the only solution, but a public school program the book highlights is so complex and nuanced I would not trust DCPS or a charter to be able to implement or maintain it. There are a number of predominately African-American private schools in the District of Columbia, but that would be another post for another time.

Thank you for sharing. Raises so many more questions about how to curate the academic experience to support our POC kids. My well-intentioned white friends tell me not to worry about school choice-- that kids with educated parents will do fine even if the school is mediocre completely overlooking that my son has to figure out how to PROVE he is more competent just to be viewed (encouraged, and challenged) similarly by a teacher, not to mention other factors like making friends. We all know intrinsic biases work against POC kids but this is new territory for me and I'm trying to figure out how to navigate it. In the comments section, the author recommended finding mentors because learning how to navigate academics for POC is a skill to be learned and i will do that. Thanks again for your initial comment.

The other issue is peer group. Many POC with means send their kids to private rather to even Deal or Wilson, because while the white kids tend to be uniformly higher SES and higher performing, that isn't the same of the kids of color. So there have been issues with being drawn into a crowd where there is pressure not to be seen as a nerd and to de-prioritize academics.

This. As a parent of black children this is my concern and why we are planning on private starting in middle. It’s also my experience. I attended a high-performing HS, but was the ONLY black male in any of my honors/AP classes for all four years - in school that was 30% black! I found that my black middle class peers (and still good friends) did far worse than their SES status would have predicted versus white kids. It’s just anecdotal, but I always got the sense that the presence of an overwhelmingly low income black population (which was bussed in from nearby city) had a depressing impacts on the academic fortunes of the middle class blacks kids. And I wouldn’t even say behavior was a problem so much as expectations.

How did I manage to avoid the pull-down: my parents were well-eatablished/ respected in local education circles and I was the rare black kid that was expected to pull straight As, etc. I didn’t always like that, but I see it as a true blessing…that my kids won’t enjoy. So they’ll need the peer group that I could do without. Sadly, that means a private school…

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a high-SES black parent and my kids would get destroyed at most of those schools. We have enough problems to worry about than subjecting our kids to that foolishness. It'll be Latin or private for us, so reallistically probably private starting in 6th.

Due to racism, low expectations from teachers? Overcrowding? Something else? Your voice is important for all to hear. I'm a parent of a young mixed kid and always seeking to listen to Black voices willing to share their lived experiences.

My kids are mixed too (black and non-white). It's really about low expectations, which is really a problem everywhere when it comes to black children. Most high-performing (on even grade level-performing) black children have few same race academic peers in public schools. This is a real drag on their academic performance as you get into middle, HS.

I would have a look at this:

https://washingtondc.momcollective.com/parenting-wisdom/tips/diverse-schools-dilemma-black-boys-in-school/

Here is the money quote from the link above

School Solutions

Diverse Schools Dilemma’s suggestions helped me envision a plan for my son’s education, up until middle school. After elementary school, things get tricky. The book has a suggestion to help middle-class parents of African-American boys overcome the cycle of low expectations, decide excelling academically is a Black thing, and be in a peer group that will push a young man to do and be his best. Unfortunately, the solution is not cheap, it’s a private school. Not just a private school, a private school with a critical mass of students of color. It isn’t the only solution, but a public school program the book highlights is so complex and nuanced I would not trust DCPS or a charter to be able to implement or maintain it. There are a number of predominately African-American private schools in the District of Columbia, but that would be another post for another time.

Thank you for sharing. Raises so many more questions about how to curate the academic experience to support our POC kids. My well-intentioned white friends tell me not to worry about school choice-- that kids with educated parents will do fine even if the school is mediocre completely overlooking that my son has to figure out how to PROVE he is more competent just to be viewed (encouraged, and challenged) similarly by a teacher, not to mention other factors like making friends. We all know intrinsic biases work against POC kids but this is new territory for me and I'm trying to figure out how to navigate it. In the comments section, the author recommended finding mentors because learning how to navigate academics for POC is a skill to be learned and i will do that. Thanks again for your initial comment.

The other issue is peer group. Many POC with means send their kids to private rather to even Deal or Wilson, because while the white kids tend to be uniformly higher SES and higher performing, that isn't the same of the kids of color. So there have been issues with being drawn into a crowd where there is pressure not to be seen as a nerd and to de-prioritize academics.

This. As a parent of black children this is my concern and why we are planning on private starting in middle. It’s also my experience. I attended a high-performing HS, but was the ONLY black male in any of my honors/AP classes for all four years - in school that was 30% black! I found that my black middle class peers (and still good friends) did far worse than their SES status would have predicted versus white kids. It’s just anecdotal, but I always got the sense that the presence of an overwhelmingly low income black population (which was bussed in from nearby city) had a depressing impacts on the academic fortunes of the middle class blacks kids. And I wouldn’t even say behavior was a problem so much as expectations.

How did I manage to avoid the pull-down: my parents were well-eatablished/ respected in local education circles and I was the rare black kid that was expected to pull straight As, etc. I didn’t always like that, but I see it as a true blessing…that my kids won’t enjoy. So they’ll need the peer group that I could do without. Sadly, that means a private school…

Thank you for sharing! I can really see what you're saying. I've seen the dynamic played out before, now that I reflect on your words. Could you possibly recommend privates with potential for academically supportive peer groups?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a high-SES black parent and my kids would get destroyed at most of those schools. We have enough problems to worry about than subjecting our kids to that foolishness. It'll be Latin or private for us, so reallistically probably private starting in 6th.

Due to racism, low expectations from teachers? Overcrowding? Something else? Your voice is important for all to hear. I'm a parent of a young mixed kid and always seeking to listen to Black voices willing to share their lived experiences.

My kids are mixed too (black and non-white). It's really about low expectations, which is really a problem everywhere when it comes to black children. Most high-performing (on even grade level-performing) black children have few same race academic peers in public schools. This is a real drag on their academic performance as you get into middle, HS.

I would have a look at this:

https://washingtondc.momcollective.com/parenting-wisdom/tips/diverse-schools-dilemma-black-boys-in-school/

Here is the money quote from the link above

School Solutions

Diverse Schools Dilemma’s suggestions helped me envision a plan for my son’s education, up until middle school. After elementary school, things get tricky. The book has a suggestion to help middle-class parents of African-American boys overcome the cycle of low expectations, decide excelling academically is a Black thing, and be in a peer group that will push a young man to do and be his best. Unfortunately, the solution is not cheap, it’s a private school. Not just a private school, a private school with a critical mass of students of color. It isn’t the only solution, but a public school program the book highlights is so complex and nuanced I would not trust DCPS or a charter to be able to implement or maintain it. There are a number of predominately African-American private schools in the District of Columbia, but that would be another post for another time.

Thank you for sharing. Raises so many more questions about how to curate the academic experience to support our POC kids. My well-intentioned white friends tell me not to worry about school choice-- that kids with educated parents will do fine even if the school is mediocre completely overlooking that my son has to figure out how to PROVE he is more competent just to be viewed (encouraged, and challenged) similarly by a teacher, not to mention other factors like making friends. We all know intrinsic biases work against POC kids but this is new territory for me and I'm trying to figure out how to navigate it. In the comments section, the author recommended finding mentors because learning how to navigate academics for POC is a skill to be learned and i will do that. Thanks again for your initial comment.

The other issue is peer group. Many POC with means send their kids to private rather to even Deal or Wilson, because while the white kids tend to be uniformly higher SES and higher performing, that isn't the same of the kids of color. So there have been issues with being drawn into a crowd where there is pressure not to be seen as a nerd and to de-prioritize academics.

This. As a parent of black children this is my concern and why we are planning on private starting in middle. It’s also my experience. I attended a high-performing HS, but was the ONLY black male in any of my honors/AP classes for all four years - in school that was 30% black! I found that my black middle class peers (and still good friends) did far worse than their SES status would have predicted versus white kids. It’s just anecdotal, but I always got the sense that the presence of an overwhelmingly low income black population (which was bussed in from nearby city) had a depressing impacts on the academic fortunes of the middle class blacks kids. And I wouldn’t even say behavior was a problem so much as expectations.

How did I manage to avoid the pull-down: my parents were well-eatablished/ respected in local education circles and I was the rare black kid that was expected to pull straight As, etc. I didn’t always like that, but I see it as a true blessing…that my kids won’t enjoy. So they’ll need the peer group that I could do without. Sadly, that means a private school…

Thank you for sharing! I can really see what you're saying. I've seen the dynamic played out before, now that I reflect on your words. Could you possibly recommend privates with potential for academically supportive peer groups?

For K-8, look at Lowell. For High school, look at St. John's.

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For K-8, look at Lowell. For High school, look at St. John's.

thank you!!

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

Uh yeah, that is it.

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

Uh yeah, that is it.

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

Yes, half of parents are willing to do this. And the kids of families where parents are not able to be involved in this way, family is in crisis, family has criminal justice system involvement, family is experiencing housing insecurity, etc. are concentrated in the by right schools that fully half of DC parents are jumping through hoops to avoid. The resulting cohort at those schools has all kinds of behavior and social issues at a much higher rate than they would if so many parents didn’t go to charters or OOB options. Get it?

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

Yes, half of parents are willing to do this. And the kids of families where parents are not able to be involved in this way, family is in crisis, family has criminal justice system involvement, family is experiencing housing insecurity, etc. are concentrated in the by right schools that fully half of DC parents are jumping through hoops to avoid. The resulting cohort at those schools has all kinds of behavior and social issues at a much higher rate than they would if so many parents didn’t go to charters or OOB options. Get it?

You anti-charter people are so g**damn twitchy. Get a grip. A PP mentioned that a child was murdered due to violent nonsense happening at KIPP— a CHARTER school. So the answer “because parents motivated “ to another PPs question about why Latin is not know for chaos and violence is “not it”. Keep up or butt out.

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

Yes, half of parents are willing to do this. And the kids of families where parents are not able to be involved in this way, family is in crisis, family has criminal justice system involvement, family is experiencing housing insecurity, etc. are concentrated in the by right schools that fully half of DC parents are jumping through hoops to avoid. The resulting cohort at those schools has all kinds of behavior and social issues at a much higher rate than they would if so many parents didn’t go to charters or OOB options. Get it?

You anti-charter people are so g**damn twitchy. Get a grip. A PP mentioned that a child was murdered due to violent nonsense happening at KIPP— a CHARTER school. So the answer “because parents motivated “ to another PPs question about why Latin is not know for chaos and violence is “not it”. Keep up or butt out.

I’m the PP you’re responding to. I don’t really understand your angry rant. I certainly not anti charter, so you seem to have misunderstood my post pretty dramatically.

Are you saying that your DON’T think that charters benefit from having a cohort of kids whose parents care enough to play the lottery want work to get them to charter schools? Really? That seems like a wildly naive position. The charter k-8 that my kid attended certainly benefitted from that - the school admin was kind of a mess, but involved committed parents made it work very much better than it might have.

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

Yes, half of parents are willing to do this. And the kids of families where parents are not able to be involved in this way, family is in crisis, family has criminal justice system involvement, family is experiencing housing insecurity, etc. are concentrated in the by right schools that fully half of DC parents are jumping through hoops to avoid. The resulting cohort at those schools has all kinds of behavior and social issues at a much higher rate than they would if so many parents didn’t go to charters or OOB options. Get it?

You anti-charter people are so g**damn twitchy. Get a grip. A PP mentioned that a child was murdered due to violent nonsense happening at KIPP— a CHARTER school. So the answer “because parents motivated “ to another PPs question about why Latin is not know for chaos and violence is “not it”. Keep up or butt out.

I’m the PP you’re responding to. I don’t really understand your angry rant. I certainly not anti charter, so you seem to have misunderstood my post pretty dramatically.

Are you saying that your DON’T think that charters benefit from having a cohort of kids whose parents care enough to play the lottery want work to get them to charter schools? Really? That seems like a wildly naive position. The charter k-8 that my kid attended certainly benefitted from that - the school admin was kind of a mess, but involved committed parents made it work very much better than it might have.

I love that our charter is comprised of UMC families and high-motivated familes of modest SES.

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Anonymous wrote:Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school.

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?

NP. It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time. And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.

Yes, half of parents are willing to do this. And the kids of families where parents are not able to be involved in this way, family is in crisis, family has criminal justice system involvement, family is experiencing housing insecurity, etc. are concentrated in the by right schools that fully half of DC parents are jumping through hoops to avoid. The resulting cohort at those schools has all kinds of behavior and social issues at a much higher rate than they would if so many parents didn’t go to charters or OOB options. Get it?

You anti-charter people are so g**damn twitchy. Get a grip. A PP mentioned that a child was murdered due to violent nonsense happening at KIPP— a CHARTER school. So the answer “because parents motivated “ to another PPs question about why Latin is not know for chaos and violence is “not it”. Keep up or butt out.

So one bad thing happened at one charter? That proves nothing