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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were looking for houses in silver spring when we won the lottery and bought in NE DC instead.[/quote]

I think the question is what would have happened if you and you neighbors actually gave it a shot and enrolled in your DCPS instead of automatically assuming DCPS wouldn't cut it. I am a charter parent so I'm not making judgments I am also curious about this question. Deal for instance was largely OOB until the last decade or so. Now you see the same changes being made at Bancroft, Hardy, Shepherd, Brent, Ross, Eaton, Hearst. Folk EOTP are just as wealthy and educated as WOTP if they would've collectively enrolled in DCPS would they have changed faster or did DCPS need the competition of charters? Chicken or the egg. Personally, I think charters lit the fire but would like to see DCPS continue to make a comeback. Charters also introduced more school choice which has hurt DCPS and charters alike. Too much movement and too many parents feel entitled to a tailored for school that offers XYZ.[/quote]

They weren't my neighbors.  I was in upper NW in a tiny two bedroom I hated because it was a good school district.  I wouldn't have bought a house in a bad school district except for the fact I lotteried into a charter, so there was never a chance of me giving my EOTP neighborhood school a chance because it wasn't my neighborhood.  The answer is, yes, charters kept me in DC.  For others, ones who lived eotp, the answer is likely the hope of a charter kept them in DC and then they discovered their neighborhood school when the charter route failed and then they discovered a "bad" school district wasn't so bad after all.

I do agree that school choice hurts charters too not just dcps - I hate losing families year after year.  But it is what it is.

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