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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is small but has a regionalized school system, so dollar for dollar comparisons only go so far.

WOTP there are zero charters.
EOTP charters are often a refuge for the white and try to avoid catering to the majority. And a good number are also 'inculcation/achievement' oriented charters that white parents never send their kids to, like a KIPP or Friendship.
[b]EOTR charters are growing and DCPS are shriveling away.[/b]

Now if you average all these things out you just smooth over differences.

But on the major point this thread got started - WTU raises shouldn't just go to charters. if history is any guide they wouldn't even necessarily be given as staff pay - they would just be 'block-granted' to the myriad charter management organizations. (You know, the ones where the Executive Directors pay themselves $300,000 a year.)[/quote]

Wait, what? Eagle Academy parents want to know.

This review cycle will likely see some shutdowns and conditional continuances, as well as some voluntary closures for financial reasons or because the schools know they can't survive review. And yes, many of those schools are EOTR.[/quote]

[b]Eagle Academy is an example of several problems. For years, charters were opened anywhere/ everywhere with no thought about proximity to other charter schools or public schools. They oversaturated the market. Second, there was huge mismanagement and leadership issues after the former principal/school leader left Eagle Academy. Also IMO the charter school board failed at seeing that problem coming and handling it properly. [/b]
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Excellent point. We all know that DCPS is a model of management function...You embarrass yourself asserting that management acumen is where DCPS really shines. Also, "charters" are not a monolith. Some are well run. Some are Eagle.

https://dcist.com/story/23/05/11/dcps-unlawfully-awarded-contracts-worth-270-million/
2023 - D.C. Public Schools unlawfully awarded 36 contracts worth an estimated $270 million over the last three years, raising significant concerns around its financial management and forcing the D.C. Council to start retroactively approving the contracts to ensure that vendors for everything from school meals to special education services could be paid.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/a-short-guide-to-dc-public-schools-scandals/2018/03/08/c40e2c4e-2170-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html
A short guide to the D.C. Public Schools scandals
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Not sure who this angry link/post is referring to. As the person who wrote the response about over saturation and mismanagement at Eagle the point was just to give some more background/context, especially to the DCPS and charter school situation east of the river. Schools like KIPP and other smaller operators opened up too many schools too fast in too short of a time, and there was not enough oversight by a longshot to make any sort of plan. Then you have crazy DCPS boundaries like the one for McKinley Middle which stretches basically from North Capitol all the way to the eastern boarder of DC because so many DCPS buildings were closed or converted to charters. https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY22-23-Middle-School-Boundary-Map.pdf
Based on reading the boundary review study report and paying attention to conversations it sounds like new school openings are starting to slow down and city leaders are taking a holistic approach to where/how many schools there are, but it will take awhile to right the ship, IMO. Not to mention starting to close charter schools that are super under enrolled or failing by other metrics.[/quote]

Read it again. The context was lack of oversight by the PCSB. And that was followed up with someone who accused charters of "siphoning" money with little or no oversight. Not sure who you are replying to or what forum you are reading. Because you seem to have ignored the myriad posts pretending like mismanagement and lack of oversight are the exclusive purview of charters.[/quote]

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