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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Breaking it up by Ward would actually make a lot of sense. Giving local control to the relevant Ward Council member would ensure better and more direct oversight of DCPS.[/quote]

Wow, no, in what world does that make sense? First of all, what about those of us who live on the edge of the ward? My kid goes to a DCPS OOB in another Ward that is actually closer than our IB school (proximity preference). We are more connected to this school in terms of community too -- the ward boundary is arbitrary and doesn't really reflect the community.

Second, do you actually think Ward council members are qualified to oversee schools? Because I don't. I understand the debate over mayoral control but at least the mayor has a large staff and budget and can hire people to run the schools. I'd also be open to an elected school board, for the record. But no, I don't want my Ward Council rep, who has a relatively small office and budget and, from what I can tell, pretty limited understanding of school oversight, running the schools. That's insane. Also, ward reps are actually pretty busy doing other stuff. It just makes no sense. Would they all have an individual school chancellor under them? What on earth.

I don't understand the OPs goal in wanting to break up the school district. Why? Is it really just to segregate the rich kids from the poor kids? I honestly cannot think of any good reason that isn't just "I don't like having to prioritize the needs of poor kids in my school system."[/quote]

Some examples include school lunches, requiring translators and screen time in schools. Many parents would prefer that schools have little to no screen time in k-8, while other parents decry that, because some kids do not have computers at home, so wouldn’t get exposure to computers if not at school.

As for school lunches, many parents do not want their kids to be able to get food they didn’t send in money for that day i.e. don’t want their kid getting cookies at lunch that they didn’t pay for. If lunch is free for everyone in the school, kids whose parents pack lunch for them will end up getting unhealthy food for free that their parents didn’t approve of. If the parents approved of it, they would’ve sent in lunch money that day. In schools with needier student bodies, universal free lunch makes more sense. [/quote]

The very fact that your main concern is the impact of free lunches on how many cookies your kid eats indicates to me that maybe you don't understand the complexities of the public school system.[/quote]

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