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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Can we agree that the goal is to get more "involved and motivated" parents choosing and investing in their neighborhood schools - as opposed to opting for OOB, charter or private?[/b]

Meeting that objective would require DCPS to match parental investment with funds and programming that raise quality.  One investment without the other - parents [i]and[/i] DCPS - just won't work.

IMO, that's what's missing in the DME policy examples.  I can see a choice set that includes SWS as appealing, because a smaller lottery pool would increase the chances of neighboring families who want in.  But then if  a family ends up with L-T, Miner or J.O. Wilson, they need more to know that their investment in a neighborhood school is worthwhile.  Significant changes, including middle school feeder predictability, are needed.

If that's the direction we're going in - and what other constructive direction can there be? - then parents need to say what they want - and need - to make it happen. What programmatic changes do you want?  What destination middle schools?

If we all throw up our hands and say start from scratch, we're going to get what we get.  I'm no fan of Bowser, but all those putting great faith in Catania to send us back to the Start Line make me nervous.  No matter what he's talked about up to this point, he can't come up with a plan to meet the broad and diverse needs of families who are now or soon-to-be-entering the schools race.  YOU are the ones who know what's needed, not the legions of new families who are counting on charters and reform.[/quote]

Whose goal are you saying this is? Generally everyone's or are you referred to the DME? Who? Because I do not agree with your stated universal goal/premise. We do not attend charter, but I'm all for families having the opportunity to invest in school with something unique to offer, whether it's immersion or whatever. [/quote]

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