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[quote=Anonymous]I'm at a charter school in DC - it's an amazing program and we love it.  We are also moving to VA to go to a neighborhood school

There are great things about both.  As a charter school advocate for many years, I can say - we have loved the special programs that our charter school had that our neighborhood school did not.  We loved the flexibility that our charter school had that our neighborhood school didn't.  If you want to make a change, you just talk to the principal and it could be done in months - not years.

What I didn't like - the commute.  We were driving across town to get to school (my kid is going to WALK next year!).  The lack of structure, the communication was terrible, there was no planning and sometimes it seems they made things up as they went along.  Teachers, while the teachers were good (nice, kind) they lacked the experience to deal with real issues in the upper grades (bullying, special needs, homelessness, trauma).

Both types of schools have benefits and draw backs - but after many years in DC with the charter system (which I'm still an advocate for in DC) - I'm looking forward to moving to VA without charters.

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