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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Capital Hill Montessori isn't good? That's a DCPS. [/quote]

It is not good, sorry. I guess some people find it acceptable but not me. [/quote]

I mean, it's good if your alternatives are Miner or Payne or Tyler English Language or Amidon-Bowen... but there's no doubt it's not good for those schools. I know of 3 kids in my DD's private preschool class who are IB for Miner and lottery-ed into CHML (one knew she would b/c she is a sibling). All 3 families would have used Miner otherwise. All 3 are very education-focused families who would have been valuable members of the Miner community, but are instead off to CHML. I don't blame them at all, in their position I would have done exactly the same thing. But there is not question that citywide schools in wards hurt the worse-performing IB schools in that Ward. It's one thing when it's a charter w/ a specific mission offering a different kind of choice. But purposely placing "standard curriculum" citywides in each ward? Why would that be in DCPS' interest? [b]What purpose would that serve other than a few lucky winners getting to opt-out of worse-performing IBs?[/b][/quote]

That's the whole premise of school choice . . . i.e., school chance[/quote]

Yawn.

The "premise" of school choice is exactly what it sounds like.  Getting to choose between schools, perhaps something better than the low quality offerings your union-vote-beholden "betters" are foistin on you.

Nobody was outraged when Obama opted out of the neighborhood schools for his children.  Choice shouldn't be merely the prerogative of the wealthy.

You may be fine with whatever you're offered, but some of us are not.  I demand better for my children, and I will get it via one path or another.[/quote]

Why should anyone have Ben outraged? Obama and the first missus made the best possible choice for their daughters.  The reality is that for all of their soap box posturing, very few public school advocates would turn down Sidwell if their kids got in and the parents could afford the education.[/quote]

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