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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.[/quote]

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot. [/quote]

I don’t have any issue with you using the lottery. I have an issue with military families thinking they need a special preference in the lottery. [/quote]

This is laughable because I guarantee you wouldn’t send your child to a charter right off of base in ward 8. [/quote]

Totally. We are a military family and wouldn't do that. We have jumped through 1,000 hoops for our children's education, but not all military families are in our position and the inconsistent quality of schools their children are "designated" to, added to the consequences of frequent moves, unaligned curricula and state requirements,  and parental separation and stress is something that should be looked at nationwide. Even where there are base schools (DOD) the quality is so middling it's shocking. The fact that these children outperform their peers nationwide (they do) is testimony to them and their families, not the support or attantion we as a nation offer them. I'm glad this is being looked at, and not shocked that charter is the best mechanism to do so. DC government is pretty obtuse to military families ( you should see the mess they make of our taxes every year, as if military is an alien status to them) - but glad education is being addressed this creatively.[/quote]

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