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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is your objection to charter schools?[/quote]

Having in depth knowledge of the chartering of the schools and the logistics around being one's own LEA; I don't believe that many charters are sustainable unless they are backed by major corporations.  Parents don't realize how much students are actually shorted because of lack of funding and resources in many charter schools. Parents also don't realize the kinds of decisions charters make in order to be sustainable (i.e. tracking and eliminating programing). Many are a promise unfulfilled.

From a philosophical perspective, I think charters pull money and resources away from public schools and they are difficult to get into; therefore they recreate a system in of inequality. That being said, at this point in my life, I am selfishly thinking about the kind of education I had and the kind of education I would like for my children to have.   If the public schools in DC were stronger on the middle and high school levels, I would fully support them. Currently, my child is in public.  However, I do think I will have to make a decision about private soon. This thread and the other thread on HHI is somewhat depressing as we really would struggle to afford a private school education in DC.  [/quote]

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