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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow...  So LAMB, Shining Stars, both Noyes, and Mundo Verde all in 5B..[/quote]

You prefer it sit empty?

I think you forgot Perry Street Prep. And LAMB only has a lease to be there through 2020. No guarantee they will be there beyond that.[/quote]

I would prefer it be a great school that neighborhood children have an opportunity to attend - and not just a lottery chance.[/quote]

Not the charters' fault if DCPS won't open up a building.   :roll: [/quote]

DCPS doesn't have to be the only system directly serving communities.[/quote]

This is why Bowser has this proposal for inbounds for charters. I see this dilemma here, though. [/quote]

The walkability preference (which the Council doesn't seem to want to endorse) is really narrowly tailored to places where students are close to a charter campus and quite far from a DCPS. That just wouldn't apply in this second of Ward 5. There are DCPS schools close by. But the PP doesn't think they are 'good.' [/quote]

Most of the councilmembers don't have school age children - if they even have children - and they aren't attuned to the needs of families.

Most families want a solid, nearby school to send their kids to.

Hard for the Ward 5 DCPS schools to perform at a high level with a multiplication of charters and most families aiming to enter the charter system.[/quote]

Except Ward 5 doesn't really have a higher number of families seeking charters or lottery seats than other wards -- http://www.myschooldc.org/sites/default/files/dc/sites/myschooldc/2016_Lottery_Applications_byWardandGrade.pdf[/quote]

Seriously. These posts by Ward 5 gentrifiers who wish charters would disappear are getting old. 75% of kids go to a school that is NOT their in-boundary school. Ward 5 is not that special.[/quote]

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