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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a mess...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/its-absolutely-terrible-when-a-charter-school-closes-what-happens-to-the-kids/2019/01/31/d786350a-1a9e-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?utm_term=.fceec9aaef04

DC is way to small to have these small schools all over the place! There are not enough "high-level" kids to go around, seeing as the passing of PARCC and such is used to evaluate teachers and schools. Also, not enough money or resources to sustain schools in such small numbers beyond Pre-K and elementary. This whole Charter School experiment needs to be reevaluated, and yet every year new schools keep opening and then failing and then been given over to the major players like Kipp and Friendship. What a waste of resources, money, and the children's lives. Parents need to also start reading up on the schools they place their children in, not the glossy websites but the DCCSB data reports, some of them are terrible and the schools should have been closed along time ago. Chavez and Howard have been low-performing for years.  [/quote]

I get where you are coming from but what should a parent do if their option is Ballou or Anacostia? National Collegiate Prep didn’t make the charter board’s requirements but performance is much higher than the other schools available to those parents. Plus it is safer. It’s just a sad situation for the families and students.

Parents do need to start reading and researching. The data reports and reviews are available and show which schools are in trouble. Still, if you live in the Ballou boundary, your choices are limited.[/quote]

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