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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But the complaint the PP is making is not specific to charter schools.  There are lots of ways to educate your kids in DCPS that give a leg up to more motivated, savvy parents.  Lots of parents work the OOB system, including figuring out how to enroll a child in an OOB school in time to feed to a better middle or high school.  Lots of DCPS programs have special admissions requirements or otherwise result in a non-random selection of parents.  Back when we were looking for a school for our older child, for example, it was common knowledge that the Montessory program (then at Watkins, now at Logan) had an interview requirement and used non-random, non-lottery selection precisely in order to cherry-pick the student body.  I'm sure lots of other examples are out there.  Hell, just the ability to transport your child to an OOB school or arrange for them to get there requires a level of planning, work, financial resources, etc., that are not there for a number of FARMS families.  You can't pin charters alone for this.[/quote]

ITA-- when looking for schools, I am not limiting my choices to charters only.  That is the point -- school choice.  Even if the charters didn't exist, as long as there is a lottery for OOB students in DC, I will NEVER pick my neighborhood school.  Honestly, I would move or pay for private if my child didn't get a seat in a more desirable OOB school.  [/quote]

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