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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a charter is better- then why?  As a parent of a child in Janney (1st grade) we are happy but al1wys curious![/quote]

If you're happy at Janney, I understand the curiosity but don't worry, it's likely you don't prioritize many of the same things most charter parents with choices prioritize.  Even though we are a high SES family, my spouse and I both went to good public schools in challenged neighborhoods (not in DC) and ethnic, racial AND class diversity is crucial to us for our kids.  A huge part of our openness and broad exposures to different cultures is from our elementary-high school exposure to diverse friends, diverse cultures, and diverse communities.  and we know what happened in the classrooms thrived from that diversity as well.

And of course quality of teaching is essential too, but as hard as that can be for a school to consistently provide, it's a lot easier to find if you can afford private.  We can, but we think our kids educations would suffer from the severely limited economic diversity (and greatly reduced ethnic diversity, although DC is better than many cities on that).

In DC there are a few regular DCPS schools that fit the bill (we LOVED Eaton!!), but there are more charters that do right now and that's where our kids are.  Then if you value a bilingual program (which we do), it's much more likely you'll get into a good/great bilingual charter than DCPS school, if your priorities look similar to ours.

But if you're thrilled with the school you're at, no matter what other people value, that means your current school matches your values.  For me the JKLMM's do not, even though we are IB for one.[/quote]

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