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[quote=Anonymous]This is largely a bad idea for the following reasons: Those who need choice most because their neighborhood schools aren't cutting it will lose out once again because few to no charter schools locate in those areas. Likewise on the other end of the spectrum: those who live in expensive neighborhoods will have no charter options (not that I care but to the extent that they're interested in such special offers as language or need access to alternative learning models it's not fair). By the same token, it would be horribly unfair to tell those who live near a specialty charter school that's now where they feed into (oh, btw, your children now all speak Mandarin Chinese). The moving around of charters is a problem, too.

I could see an exception to this conclusion in the following situation: If a charter moves into a former public school building/boundary and commits to DC educational standards, then I'd be in favor. This would be a convincing move to unhinge a neighborhood school from the DCPS shackles and give it the autonomy to serve its students well. (Not to mention that this would be a welcome opportunity to test whether charters can truly deliver on that promise.)[/quote]

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