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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]charter autonomy guys can say whatever they want, but it's clear there's an interplay between them and DCPS, right?  Why they have an absolute right to do whatever they want but DCPS has to come up with a system for everyone that takes them into account, as well as their rogue actor, we do whatever we want status, is beyond me.

There needs to be a level of rationalization.  It does not necessarily need to be high, but some.

Just to pick a few random examples, if a PCS's only clear niche that makes it truly different from the school around the block is that it runs only through K, should it be allowed to expand to run through 5?  Why is/was DC Bilingual a hundred yard away from CHEC?  If Roosevelt and Coolidge are both massively underenrolled, what does it mean to have DCI placed between them? I say this just to raise the idea that some level of coordination is required, or else literally billions in DC taxpayer money goes to two separate systems of schools.

If I had the privilege of paying money to only one system of schools, fine, but I don't - we all fund both.  As a taxpayer, I want a rationalized system.[/quote]

Some of the concern about charters drawing away segments of students might be better addressed by starting with some rationalization and coordination WITHIN DCPS.  There's a reason why people are leaving DCPS schools in droves - it's because of the internal lack of coordination, lack of rationalization, and unwillingness to listen to what families are looking for and unwillingness to meet needs.  If DCPS can't figure it out with all of its resources, what makes you think it will happen?  Frankly, I think it's a good thing that we have charters as a disruptor, to come in and fill all of the missed needs.  DCPS has demonstrated for decades that it wouldn't do it on its own.[/quote]

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