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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a UMC charter parent, I'm starting to feel like our charter does NOT listen to UMC parents AT ALL but instead focuses on the majority of the student population...which is NOT UMC. I don't approve of the mitigation strategies our charter rolled out but I'm apparently in a minority, and viewed as the privileged white parent who finds fault with everything and anything.

Majority of parents seem just fine that kids are back and in-person. Parents aren't raising any concerns over the fact that lunch is inside or that desks are touching with no distancing whatsoever.

I'm currently trying to figure out how we can quickly move. We can't afford private. We can't afford to live WOTP. I'd homeschool - and my child would be fine with that - but DC NEEDs time with peers and socialization. Am I the only parent sick to their stomach right now?

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This was me about a year ago (except our charter was virtual a year ago, of course) - all the same concerns, and the same financial restraints. Once I removed my "we have to stay in the District" restraint, it was easy. We moved to Montgomery County. Love the new elementary school. Could afford a bigger house. No more concerns about learning models, middle school, high school. No more watching our charter figure it all out on the fly without the financial support or administrative power of a large central system. It's a tremendous relief. I NEVER EVER thought we'd move out of DC and into the suburbs. We are so happy. Caveat - we are both still working remotely and neither has experienced our new commute to work downtown - that may wipe some of the smile off my face. But not entirely, plus we both expect to have a lot more flexibility and WFH whenever our offices reopen.[/quote]

Yeah, we plan to move to MCPS in upper elementary or for middle school. Will maybe do Hardy/Deal if we get an OOB spot there (without having to commute to Hyde Addison), but we're not in a great DCPS feeder pattern and I have ZERO interest in muddling through middle and high school at a charter. We'd move now, but MCPS early elementary curriculum is pretty slow and it's not really until 3rd grade or so when MCPS really pulls ahead (IMO). [/quote]

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