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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it's fine that a limited but generally wealthy subgroup of the DC population would attend this school?  You have no problem with that?  [/quote]

If they only attract a limited subgroup, they'll fail.  The economics of charter schools are harsh.  Even lousy DCPS schools don't have to worry about paying for their facilities, whereas the best charters have to combine gymnasiums, auditoriums, and cafeterias into one room (only one single example of the drastic inequality).  Without a critical number of students, they simply can't succeed economically.  And, in order to get their critical mass, they'll have to be appealing to enough DCPS refugees to stay afloat.  If you're inbounds for Lafayette (NW) or Brent (the Hill)and in the mood for an experiment, you might try it but you might equally feel that the commute is not worth the complications.

So, what this is really about is the upper NW fear that the school would drain (inbounds) students from JKLM, raising the proportion of OOB students.  Let's be honest - that's really what the online freakout is about.[/quote]

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