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[quote=Anonymous]This is a very informative thread. Thank goodness it hasn't dissolved into boosterism and bashing.

Maybe certain charters should have grandfather clauses for neighborhood preference. I heard that charter law already has this and first charter had grandfathered preference for something like two years.  It could focus on charters getting neighborhood DCPS buildings or expanding an existing general, not specialized, model to other parts of the city. Temporary swing spaces wouldn't count.

Maybe there could be a way for charters to opt-in to neighborhood or language preference up to grade 2 or 3. This could provide some stability in early childhood and early elementary options. Just because a school goes from pk-8 or 12, doesn't mean it's the right place for every child who starts there or even every child in your family.

Picking a school from few, if any, lottery results is not "school choice". It's "school luck". A citywide public school Chancellor (no matter who it is) should have the power to turn some DCPS into charters, provide charters with DCPS space, or hand over DCPS to charter organizations that will ensure language or boundary preferences.

It's time for anything goes school choice to become stable, long-term school options.[/quote]

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