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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She hates charters with a passion and supports a plan their funding by $9k+ per child. [/quote]

I think it’s true that JLG as a mayor will negatively impact charters. There is a constituency of Ward 4 and 5 parents plus WTU who believe that charters are now threatening the progress that DCPS has made.  They are smart enough to mostly keep their opinions off this message board, but they want EOTP students who are peeling off for the “good” charters to be rerouted into Wells, Coolidge, etc. They’re probably right, but it’s too 
soon to unwind the charter school system in DC. And I say this as a gung ho DCPS parent, “low standards” and all. [/quote]

OK but you cite no evidence other than “I think.”

Just more garbage posting.[/quote]

JLG is very clear that she does not like charters. It’s fair to say, “I don’t think she can do that much damage to them, and I overall prefer her/her policies to McDuffie and will therefore still vote for her.” Fine. Perfectly legit stance. But pretending that she’s not actually and actively hostile to charters is delulu. [/quote]

I’m a single issue voter (education) and very much in favor of charters so I really want to run this down. I’m also relatively new to DC politics so forgive my ignorance… What’s the evidence for the view that she’s hostile to charters? [/quote]

My advice is to vote Lewis George. Neither Kenyan nor Janeese is going to make any serious changes to the charter system, it’s not worth it. Even if either of them have ever voiced skepticism about charters, I think that just shows they have a working brain; even if you are very pro-charter, a thoughtful person can see the pros and cons of having a large chunk of students and funding going to charter schools. What’s much more likely to happen is a focus on DCPS — that is what the mayor has true control over. McDuffie has largely seemed disinterested in DCPS throughout his career. I think it’s time to breathe some new life into DCPS (especially around truancy and middle school issues), and so I don’t think it’s the right time to have an education indifferent mayor. Lewis George has been engaged in a thoughtful way and I think she will continue to do so. I also don’t think she will be beholden to the union, because mayors have a lot of control to do innovative things with DCPS with or without the union. I personally don’t love or hate the WTU. I think she will get along fairly well with them, and that could be an advantage for improving schools — it’s easier to get big ideas done if the union and school leaders aren’t at odds. [/quote]

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