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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Telling that this turned into a chance to lay into chargers when DCPS is so far behind MoCo as well.[/quote]

Not sure I get that. [b] DCPS is open in a hybrid model as of February. [/b] The MCPS boards are full of parents complaining that they aren't open yet, don't have IP slots for everyone, and I thought MCPS wasn't open until March. [/quote]

NOT true.  Thousands of kids in middle and high school are not in at all.  Please don't say that crazy stuff because it just isn't true and there is no plan to get them back in school this year.  [/quote]

There are also many kids in elementary schools who didn’t win the lottery for in person spots and have little hope of getting in for term 4. Please be aware that claiming that DCPS is now open in a hybrid model is enabling DCPS to just pretend that those kids don’t exist and that they have done their job opening schools.[/quote]

The problem is there are thousands of empty in person seats in the entire district.  That’s the bigger issue.   People keep claiming there are no seats but there are tons of seats. Just not at the schools you are willing to send your kids to[/quote]

I know you are implying that many parents’ reluctance to send their kids all the way across town for IPL (if they were allowed to do so) is a matter of racism, but the reality is that it’s logistically impossible for anyone who is also trying to do their own full time job to shuttle their kids to a far away school every day. There is a reason most people choose to live near their kids’ school.[/quote]

Then why all the fuss about sending kids to privates and charters?  Privates and charters are not near homes - do people buy homes to be near a private school.  I went to one for 8 years and my parents did move so they were closer to it.

People here are screaming about going private so they are willing to drive somewhere to send their kid.  I know someone who doesn't want to go to her IB which is on her block and drives about 3 miles in traffic to get her kids there (35 minutes and 35 minutes away from downtown too)....... so ?

You can get to Anacostia in about 20 minutes from Ward 3.[/quote]

As a 10 year resident of Anacostia with a kid that went to school near Wilson, that is not true. Maybe 25-30 mins from Mass Ave if you can jump on RCP during no rush hour. But on average it’s 45+ minutes. [/quote]

To totally divert the thread - I've been getting to my "second home" I go to work from a friend's home and it takes about 20 minutes to go from Ward 3 to just before the bridge.  I can imagine going back though is totally different as I am getting RCP in the right direction for traffic.  I've also only been doing this during the pandemic and traffic is super low relative to normal DC.  [/quote]

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