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Re schools---if you care about public schools in DC, then I would suggest focusing on the fact that JLG is anti-charter. Charters have enabled families to remain in the DCPS system for the last 20 years when previously middle class families either avoided DC public schools entirely or else bailed for suburbs or privates after elementary schools. JLG is beholden to teachers' unions---you know, the folks who made DC kids miss years of in person school during Covid for far longer than necessary and have been opposed to charters. I care much more about JLG's anti-charter attitude than I do about where Kenyan sends his kids to school.

More scurrilous, baseless garbage. Here is JLG's WTU questionnaire:

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/wtulocal6act...rge-2.pdf?1767889885

This is what she tells the WTU, which - as you yourself note - doesn't like charters. And there is nothing in her responses to suggest she is "anti-charter". In fact, she responds to a leading question that suggests a "moratorium on charter openings" by suggesting nothing of the sort. Rather, what she is proposing for charters - greater transparency etc. - seems completely reasonable.

Please stop with the propaganda. Your attempts to spread such nonsense do nothing but make you look extremely foolish.
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Hmm.  Obviously I hit a nerve.  The entire response to the questionnaire demonstrates how in the pocket of WTU she actually is.   JLG has never even visited one of the highest performing charters in her ward, despite invitations.  The PCSB already has significant transparency requirements.  The Council passed that legislation several years ago so unsure what exactly she means by "greater transparency" since that legislation was specifically designed to force charters to be even more transparent than regular DCPS.    She has never been a friend to the charter sector.    But if you would like to correct me by explaining how JLG has in actuality been supportive of the charter sector (and give actual examples), I'd like to hear that.    [/quote]

I have no particular interest in this issue, but nonetheless find your propaganda offensive to everyone's intelligence.

And, if you actually bothered to read the WTU questionnaire, you would see "exactly [what] she means". For example, "We should explore other funding models that incorporate average daily membership across the full school year (for both sectors) to ensure fairness and predictability." How is that a bad idea vs. basing school funding based on a single count day at the beginning of the year?

DC doesn't need a mayor that is "a friend to the charter sector". DC needs a mayor that is supportive of an improving the quality of public education, regardless of whether that education is provided by DCPS or charters.[/quote]

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