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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And by making before and after care so expensive, and expensive extracurriculars, combined with a crazy school calendar, they are purposefully weeding out lower income families so that they can continue to maintain these false appearances. So in fact, what they are doing is successful, according to some pp's in this thread who have admitted that they haven't applied because of this very culture. And the school knows these lower income families, and know that these families don't contribute anything to their agenda, so they are treated differently.

And, to that end, I believe several of these sought after charters are completely aware of these facts - they are way ahead of the OP.[/quote]

This is such a crock.  I know exactly who OP is and what she fails to mention here is that even if she truly can't afford to pay for aftercare or extracurricular activities, she could ask the people at her "highly regarded charter," the very ones she is claiming are discriminating against her, and they would bend over backward to try and find a solution for her and her DC.  But she doesn't ask, and I think it's partly because [b]it's hard to ask for help from the driver's seat of $60K SUV!  
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She's got a chip on her shoulder because she doesn't feel "acknowledged" enough.  And I'm willing to admit that hey, maybe she isn't.  There are probably numerous reasons for that: maybe there's a cultural disconnect, maybe she's misunderstood, maybe she feels like an outsider, maybe she has complained about ridiculous things and been put on the defensive because of it, maybe she thinks she could do it all better.  Regardless of what she is experiencing or how she feels about it, her kid is not being discriminated against. What she fails to realize is that by taking her own experience and spinning into some sort of yarn of discrimination - discrimination that is hurting her kids and equating to them not getting an equal education, she's actually hurting her kid(s)!

Please, take a deep look OP.[/quote]

Okay, I can't be the only one who's wildly curious as to whether the OP in fact drives a $60k SUV. [/quote]

No, as I don't think what vehicle  OP drives  bare any relevance to the overall theme of her original post, ie, the inequities of how the school handles varying SES kids in the school. [/quote]

Perhaps it doesn't bear any relevance, but it's a fact... It's.  A.   Fact.   Has she refuted it?   Has the OP, who so readily responded in the first 24 hours to her well-thought-out post, written a single peep since she was outed?  Hmmm?  Where are you OP?  Aren't you going to pipe in and correct us that it's actually a $50K SUV?

PP: If you can honestly state it doesn't change your take on her original post, then fine.  But, I ask you this:  Do you really believe a poor kid, whose parents have gone out of their way, to enter the lottery and do their best by their children, and then cart their kid in to ward 3 from ward 8, is being denied certain instruction or services because of his parent's ability to contribute financially to the school?  Honestly, do you believe that?   I want to hear a believable take on this. If you seriously think there's an institutional mechanism whereby teachers know how much a family contributes and when they make decisions about the "exclusive" benefits a kid in a charter will receive, they take that in to account, please, detail these exclusive benefits the kid is receiving!  If this is actually happening, I want to know.  I will be the first to rise up and demand equality for these kids.

This entire string enrages me because OP is insinuating that the only avenue these "Three coughs from SES" families have in this city is to be treated like second-class citizens and thusly, to sign their kids up to being treated like second class citizens. And it ISN'T true, not at our charter -- not at OPs charter.  No "Middle class" families reading this should think they have to sign up to be treated like crap if they want a better education for their kids, whether that be at a charter or another DCPS.  Please, don't let this color your experience, please continue doing the best by your children.  I promise it doesn't come with the small print of swallowing your own pride.  OP is full of s-it.

OP - the challenge continues for you to give a single, concrete example of said discrimination.

...I'm waiting....[/quote]

Well, don't you sound like a cyberbully? And a MORON to boot!

Did it occur to you that perhaps OP offered a few responses before logging off and going on with her life? Did it occur to you that perhaps she didn't even stick around long enough to read your OUTLANDISH assumptions and attempt at an 'outing'? It was way too nice this weekend to be tied to a laptop defending your PERSONAL experiences at ONE school!

You seem to be a few cans short of a 6-pack. You were ENRAGED at her vent? You've jumped to dangerous conclusions and likely gave some poor innocent SUV driving mother at your child's school--who's never even heard of DCUrbanmom-- the evil eye for no reason whatsoever.

I truly believe your 'outing' is indicative of a deep, deep problem. There are too many "HPCS" in DC and too many parents in them for you to assume you know who this woman is. I seriously doubt a mother driving a $60,000 SUV would consider herself "3 coughs above FARMS" or even be perceived that way. Get over whatever resentment you have against the poor lady at your child's school who drives what is likely a much nicer vehicle than you can ever hope to own.

And the idea that you must be right because she didn't come back to respond? :shock: All she'd have to do is log on and say that NOPE she doesn't drive such a vehicle.

You're waiting????  As if she owes YOU an answer?

Lady, get over yourself.[/quote]

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