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[quote=Anonymous][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]

In answer to your 1st para, there are some good charters that parents seem happy with. Not all charters are financially unsustainable, or cut corners on programming. With some research, and luck, you have a reasonable chance of getting your kid into a good, financially sustainable charter.

Re your 2nd para, maybe you need to ask yourself why you think charters promote inequality but private schools don't. Or why it's OK to take resources out of the system to send your kid to private school but not to charters. These moral objections don't seem consistent.

In other words, maybe give the charter idea a second look. No private school is going to give you (or me) much or any FA. It may seem like it stinks that only the very rich, and those poor enough to get FA, can do private school. But these are the facts. If you see the kids of govt workers at top privates, odds are they have family help or family money. We moved to MoCo. In fact, we're very happy with our choice: we're not spending every penny on that top 3 DC1 got into and worrying about treating DC2 equally. And as DC1 approaches college, we're increasingly happy we were able to save. Trust me, college comes sooner than you think, your kid can do great in a good public school, and you'll be glad you have college savings to reward DC's hard work by supporting her at a good college.[/quote]

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