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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They can’t be held to account. Families have been trying for years. There is just [b]no accountability in the charter system[/b]. Mundo Verde’s reputation is getting out in the community, which is why they’re clearing waitlists in Kindergarten and up. [/quote]

This is such a tired and worn out line of thought. As if DCPS Central was all over underperforming schools, admins and teachers. Remember a few years ago when a JO Teacher was abusing and bullying kids and after much public outcry there was a public hearing where students bravely stood up and spoke about their experiences, and DCPS moved the teacher to SH...where those bullied kids were going to be! One could argue that at least with charters there is accountability because if enrollment drops they lose money. DCPS schools are not punished for enrollment.  [/quote]

In DCPS funding is connected to enrollment, just not on a tight per capita basis.  But there absolutely is a financial consequence for enrollment loss.  DCPS also has an ombudsperson, Instructional Superintendents, the LSAT groups, and sometimes more powerful PTOs than charters have.  And DCPS leadership can fire the principal and APs if it wants to.  At charters the board of the charter itself has some power but there aren't a lot of other places to turn.[/quote]

Again, your argument that somehow these checks and balances are specific to DCPS are nonsense. Charter boards can also fire principals and APs if they want to, and bad teachers can be removed (except for those with unions). The same cannot be said for DCPS. If a charter can't fill seats it dies for lack of funding. DCPS cannot just shutter schools. Note that PCSB has closed schools, DCPS has not (at least in last 10 years or so). And you yada-yada over the per capita funding but that is a current fiscal reality with direct financial consequences that simply don't apply to DCPS. Show me one example where the leadership of a DCPS school has been changed due to those channels you cite?

If enough parents stop sending their kids to a charter it dies, period. The same binary statement cannot be made for DCPS.  
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