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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a charter school parent so know the first hand appeal that charters have for many families compared to struggling neighborhood schools.  That said, I find the DCPS bashing and snide comments really sad--I want the system to succeed and I think it is GREAT that principals are going door to door.  I would hope my fellow charter school parents would also absolutely root for success in DCPS.[/quote]

+1.  I don't understand why so many posters are rooting for a total demise of neighborhood schools.  I too am a charter school parent.  However, I dread the extra commute and wish(ed) for better options in my neighborhood.  DC is currently in DCI feeder and I know it will be close to impossible to get uptown to Walter Reed and all the way back downtown to earn a living. I may as well move to the burbs if I am asking for that kind of commute.   [/quote]How about teaching your kid to use public transportation?[/quote]

You are free to put your 11 year old on a one-hour plus multiple bus ride to cross town alone. I choose to parent differently, and not to subject my child to  such dangers and hassles at such a young age. We need better local schools in closer proximity to our homes. [/quote]

+1000
By breaking up neighborhood schools you open the pathway for a city-wide charter system. Smith comes from the charter board, Henderson is a huge charter booster. At the hearing last week one DME staff member literally couldn't stay still in her seat when the Eagle charter school spoke, because she was so happy that the school was proposing to serve all the children in the neighborhood, therefore replacing neighborhood schools.

Charters are supposed to provide competition, however that will not happen if DCPS is rooting for charters and doesn't see it as a clear mandate to improve their own performance.

DCPS and the DME need to be held to high standards that are performance based, not ideological. DCPS should emphasize targets that require feedback from principals, teachers, students, and parents. The good prinicipals and schools succeed in spite of DCPS not because of it. 
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