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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]How is that so many people who presume to be so well-informed have no idea how charter law works?

There is NO preference for language ability, there is NO preference for academic ability. By law, charters cannot give preference to anyone other than founders or siblings. [/b]

Dear sanctimonious cretan.  We've read the law, know exaclty how it works, know that the charter board debates these issues all the time, and think the current arrangement is sheer, unmitigated idiocy that the thoughtful taxpayer and voter can and should challenge.  No preference for language ability is only the most obtuse aspect - we're Chinese speakers who left YY in 2010 because we were sick of the commute while our kid was the only bilingual kid in his entire grade.   There is NO logic in DC embracing policy that helps it remain one of the several lowest-performing school districts in our great nation, including charter schools.

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I'm hesitant to mention this to someone as broadly-informed on policy as you obviously are, but suggesting the law to be "sheer, unmitigated idiocy" probably isn't going to effect the sort of change you desire.  Believe it or not, (shocking, yes!) your emotion does not convey the sort of thoughtful, educated position that would be more persuasive.  So, loathe as I am to interpret such a politically astute individual as yourself, may I suggest a more nuanced approach to the law itself (perhaps even its proponents)?

Yours in diplomacy,

Anon.[/quote]

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