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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the opposition to selective admission for charters.  What difference does it make if it's a charter?

Banneker, Oyster and several other DCPS schools have been noted here for their selective admissions.  They are public schools.  If it's fine for DCPS then what is the argument against the same for charters?

It makes zero sense.

Also, on that "access" argument - not every kid succeeds at tryouts for the football team.  Where's the equal access there?

Or another analogy to throw into the mix - DCPS provides special bussing and covers expenses for out-of-state schooling for special needs students.  But is the same available for any kid?  No.  Is it appropriate for every kid?  No.

Face it, not all kids are the same.  They don't all have the same capabilities, the same level of preparation, the same level of skills, et cetera.  Not every kid is fantastic at math.  Not ever kid is fantastic at football.  Not every kid is a fantastic writer.  Not every kid is fantastic at music.

So why act like they are and constrain everyone to an equal-access but one-size-fits-none model?  That's what you seem to want to do here.[/quote]

This is the most bizarre post!  Who ever said all kids are the same?  That is not the basis of anyone's argument here.  But if funds were specifically allocated to DC to fund charter schools to provide other quality options for students with the worst options, why is ok with you that the funds effectively be siphoned off to fund schools that have cut off access?  Your analogies are totally flawed.  It isn't about whether everyone is cut out to play football.  An accurate analogy to the charter system is if a school received federal funds for their girls' sports programs, and instead used the funds to start more teams for boys.

Why are you ok with money going to a school or a school system for a specific, understood by all parties purpose, and then the school/system choosing to do something different with those funds that undermines the contracted purpose?[/quote]

Your logic circuits clearly aren't working here.  Let's try again and go through your arguments...

To turn your argument against selective admissions around, why are you OK with Banneker "siphoning off public funds" when they cut off access due to selective admissions?  Because that's what they do.  So do some other DCPS schools  If you are OK with Banneker then you should be OK with any other school doing it, to include charters.

And, they aren't "siphoning off money" - they are educating kids with that money.  What difference does it make if the kids are in Building A with Teacher B or if they are in Building X with Teacher Y - they are all getting taught.  It's not as though money is being evaporated off into the ether.

And where do you get this bizarre complaint about schools doing something different than what they agreed to?  Nobody here said anything about that.  The agreed-upon purpose of Ellington is a school for the arts.  The agreed upon purpose of Phelps is construction and architecture.  The agreed-upon purpose of St. Colettas is to serve special needs.  The agreed-upon purpose of Yu Ying is Chinese immersion.   And, that's what they all do.  The agreed-upon purpose of one school can be different from the agreed upon purpose of another school, and that's fine.  That's why they have charters and oversight.[/quote]

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