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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the charters in DC don’t serve students any better than traditional public schools. They are a drain on our tax dollars and I wish the city would put a moratorium on new ones opening.[/quote]

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Charters refuse to serve students with all but the mildest disabilities. How is it fair for them to do that with public funds?[/quote]

Agree completely. We were at a charter and now I am ashamed we were ever foolish enough to make that choice. [/quote]

It’s not your fault.

In this area, they are marketed to make certain groups feel safe with DC residency and all over the country, they are a right wing darling. People don’t realize they are being tricked because they are already emotionally invested in the idea that their children are different from others and deserve better than what the traditional schools can offer. Apparently, investing time, money, and effort in improving the traditional school for all children is for a goal for chumps. Turns out charter parents are chumps, too.[/quote]

The problem is not that charter schools exist. The problem is the people leading some of those charter schools. If it wasn't for charters, we'd all be prisoners of the thoroughly rotten public school system, which the pandemic has shown is controlled by WTU.

What we need are a lot more vouchers so that we can escape bad charter/DCPS schools and go private. [/quote]

TBH I'm not sure what kind of conclusions to come to about charter schools.  On the one hand, I now am very skeptical about anything that teachers' unions and their supporters say, which includes a lot of anti-charter stuff.  On the other hand, it's clear that charters have done worse than DCPS in reopening.  I think the conclusion I'm leaning towards is that charters need stricter and more centralized oversight.  I had really thought that the mission-driven aspect of charters like KIPP would mean that they would be on the cutting edge of getting kids back, but I was wrong. [/quote]

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