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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this (14:21) makes sense, but have some reservations about seeing Payne close.  Payne has a good school culture even if the test scores are bad.  The principal is lovely.  The kids know how to behave at school.  I spent quite a bit of time there, and in terms of orderliness it is every bit as much of a learning environment as Maury or Brent (and actually has a nicer feel that Watkins).

And I can also imagine Cluster parents fighting tooth and nail to keep the automatic feeder thing even though it hurts their kids.    [/quote]

Payne District parent with no reservations about seeing the school close although it is, as you say, orderly and well run.  We bailed after preS 3 not because we wouldn't have been OK with PreK 4, or even K perhaps, but because there was no future in staying.   Payne is a bridge too far on the East Hill because there aren't nearly enough middle-class parents sticking with it to turn it into a neighborhood school.   Yes, most of the college-educated parents do go to charters.   The lovely principal could take her good school culture to Anacostia, the neighborhood the school truly serves.   We can't uproot as easily, having sunk our life savings into our homes.   Strike out on all the charter lotteries or burn out on the commutes and you're done after age 5 in the Payne District.  The going-nowhere situation gives neighbors a lot of stress.[/quote]

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