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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?[/quote]

Why did you buy in Brookland then?  And why are you asking about fundraising as a proxy for ses?  Most people just look at Farms and at risk rate.  Is it because you are trying to avoid the lower middle class that aren't captured in farms or at risk numbers?  Then look for white (white in DC are almost all middle and upper middle). On this second measure, you want wotp schools, since even the best charters that have low farms (20% or below) do have a good-sized population of lower middle class. This economic diversity is one of the reasons we chose charter rather than the almost uniformly high ses wotp school we were zoned for. It is one of the reasons we decided to buy in Brookland.  Which brings me back to my original question - why are you in Brookland?[/quote]

you were IB for west of the park school and you chose a charter. You are nuts.  [/quote]

no, we couldn't stay long term - we were crammed into a tiny apartment.  [b]Plus my neighbors in CP were not friendly to us (somehow they could smell we weren't rich)[/b]. Plus I didn't want a traditional school program and had already signed up for a progressive private school when we won the lottery.  And I LOVE my friendly, economically mixed brookland neighbors and so glad my kids go to school with all of them (the middle, the upper middle, the lower middle, the at risk)  [/quote]

Yes, I'm sure that's the reason they weren't friendly to you.  :roll: [/quote]

Seriously. It was bizarre. Even my husband noticed (and he's not at all sensitive).  People are lovely to us in Brookland and don't ask where exactly we live.[/quote]

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