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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am just reading these threads about several HRCS with the same problem: the administration. [b]It seems, as a school gets more and more popular and improves in quality, parents become more involved. [/b]The next step? They clash with the administration, which has no reason to pay them any attention. Really, the incentive to work with parents is decreased as the demand for the school grows (they can all just be replaced if they leave).

The fact is that there is no actual complaint mechanism or elected aspect to DC education. It seems even worse at DCPS in some ways, but as for the PCSB, can their role be leveraged in these situations/can their mandate be changed? It seems worth advocating for. To me, a school board should always be held accountable to parents/families, not only to the Mayor, etc.

Schools I'm thinking of: Mundo Verde, LAMB, CMI. (Maybe others but these are evident on active threads right now). Have other HRCS just gotten lucky re: their boards/admin? It shouldn't be a matter of luck. No one should leave a good school which has built something valuable because of this.

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This isn't always the sequence though.  Some of the HRCS never had to prove themselves through academics, leadership etc to get that status - it was having the "right" demographics from the get go (and those parents have always been heavily involved).  For all we know, the administration may have been weak from the beginning, it just wasn't as evident when the school only had PK3/PK4.  [/quote]

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