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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]    Oh puh-leeze!!
    There are thousands of kids placed in charters by parents who are notproactive" in the least. They choose a charter because it's convenient, because their friends or neighbors' kids go there, because it's close to daycare, work, grandma's etc., because they consider it their "neighborhood" school, because they like the idea of language immersion (but have absolutely no intention of supporting it or exposing their kids to the culture), and certainly, if they do come and it's a terrible fit or their kid has massive special needs that are incompatible with the mission of the charter (e.g., the charter is inquiry or expeditionary-based and their kid is incapable of working in groups) they won't do what's best for their child and seek a better fit.
    Don't kid yourself that the publics are a dumping ground.

How does this observation contradict my point, PP? If the charters lure away both the proactive parents and the parents who choose charters for convenience, DCPS will still suffer from declining enrollment. That's even better. There's little worth saving at DCPS.

Your point made the assertion that that somehow charters get a better group of kids and parents and my response was that they're the same. [/quote]

You should read more carefully, PP.  The poster to whom I responded posted the following:

"Now, if charters are successful, thanks to involved parents, what's left of DCPS will be even worse than it is."

In my response, I posted the following:

"You're right, PP.  Effective charter schools will lure proactive parents away from DCPS, accelerating its decline."

I then went on to express my belief that an acceleration in the decline of DCPS would be a good thing.

I never claimed that only proactive parents would be lured away from DCPS by good charter schools. Nor did I suggest the charters would get the pick of the litter and that DCPS would be a dumping ground.

On the contrary, I put forth my hope that eventually all DC kids will attend a charter that caters to his/her needs.  Clearly, this vision is incompatible with the "DCPS as dumping ground" theory.[/quote]

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