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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She made serious accusations that charter schools sort and grade children by the amount of money their parents donate! She said that anyone who questions the school has their residency papers lost! And we're being accused of unfounded accusations?[/quote] I am not so sure that this statement of hers is so wild and outlandish. [b]Why is it so difficult to believe that parents who give large sums of money to a school have some influence and may by request, not design, receive preferential treatment? [/b]Parents who are plugged into their children's school know which teachers are sought after and which are to be avoided. Do you not think that parents who have this information would not politely request that their child be placed in the classroom of their choice? If these parents have a close relationship with school administrators, as a result of their generous contributions, I can see how the request may be granted. Of course the school may not be providing this treatment with the intention of disadvantaging low SES children, but this may be an outcome nonetheless. School administrators are human and have been given a tremendous task of providing an excellent academic experience with little resources. The DC charter school market is competitive and underfunded. Charter schools depend on outside funds to keep their doors open. All of these facts must at times create an environment where administrators are eager to please those parents who are significant contributors. This happens with corporate and large individual donors in elections, I do not find it hard to believe that it happens at charter schools as well. Of course, the influence of high SES families at HRCS would be diminished if charter schools received funding equal to that of traditional public schools. Let's advocate for that! p.s. The tone of the posts by those who "know" OP is strange to say the least. Although OP gave some descriptive information regarding the school, she did not name the school. I actually came to my conclusion as to the school by the way she was attacked by those who "know" her. There are only a couple of schools on this board who are known to have combative boosters. No need to name them we all know who they are. [/quote] Because it's a public school?[b] So, having money doesn't in and of itself confer any benefits. [/b] The entire premise of the OP's post is so trollish that it is laughable.[/quote] Not the poster you responded to, but come on you are either dumb and naive, or you are playing the part very well. [/quote] Exactly. Having money ALWAYS confers benefits. You may not agree, but to act like public schools are somehow immune to this is just plain dumb.[/quote] Different poster here. I must be plain dumb apparently. I have kids in a HR elementary DCPS, I have not seen anything like OP is describing ("wealthy" kids getting the best teachers while "poor" kids are steered toward the bad ones, "wealthy" kids getting good grades even though they do not deserve them while "poor" kids get only average grades - frankly, I do not even see being the norm parents paying $50 an hour for tutors: none of the people I know send their kids to tutors, like us, parents make sure their kids do their home work and if there is any problem they supplement at home. I realized at the beginning of the year that my 3 grader had some issues with math, and I simply bought a few exercise books and make sure she practice 2 or 3 times a week and now she is doing well. when the same child had issues in the past, we asked for an IEP, which was refused the first time. we persisted, since it was obvious she needed it (she has ADHD and other health issues and according to doctors and to the teachers she needed extra support) and it was granted. we are not wealthy, we do not give thousands of dollars to the school, we did not hire consultants of advocates, we worked with the school, discussed our child's problems and found a solution and support. by reading some posts, I see that there are people who think they can buy their kid's way in public school (see the poster above who is coming from private and has already allocated $1000 to donate to the school so the kid can benefit from a better treatment), so likely there are wealthy people who may think they are entitle to a better treatment because of their money (although my experience is that wealthy people with this frame of mind go to DC's top privates, not to a HRC - the idea suggested by OP that wealthy people would prefer to have a child "shine" at MV than graduating from Sidwell is frankly ridiculous), but these people, in my experience at least, are not representative of parents in DCPS, even in wealthy areas. [/quote]
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