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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of places have high real estate prices and not great public schools, especially in cities. One problem you'll find in DC is that parents come in with the intention that they put their kids in DCPS, and find that they are happy enough with the local elementary school that pulls from their neighborhood, but then the feeder pattern is not good and because of combining several not great elementary schools and the student attrition to charters, they realize their kid will now be at a middle or high school where 10% of students are at grade level and 0% are above, and that's a whole different proposition. DCPS won't differentiate, so their kids end up in class with students several grade levels behind. It's not good and so people leave. [/quote]

No the reality is that lots of families lottery for the high in demand charters, especially the immersion ones, but don’t get in and seattle for DCPS for elementary[/quote]

I was describing the experience for some Hill and Hill-adjacent elementary schools, which have a lot of neighborhood buy in but have a tough feeder path (and especially for Jefferson). There isn't much talk of charters around here until third or fourth grade when people realize the reality of the middle school situation and put all of their hope into getting into Latin or BASIS. YMMV in other neighborhoods. [/quote]

I’m involved in youth sports and that has a big weight on people going parochial. People care about that and if you care about your kids playing a sport at a good but not insane travel level (which sometimes feels like the only option) the charters don’t meet that -yet.[/quote]

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