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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a mess...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/its-absolutely-terrible-when-a-charter-school-closes-what-happens-to-the-kids/2019/01/31/d786350a-1a9e-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?utm_term=.fceec9aaef04

DC is way to small to have these small schools all over the place! There are not enough "high-level" kids to go around, seeing as the passing of PARCC and such is used to evaluate teachers and schools. Also, not enough money or resources to sustain schools in such small numbers beyond Pre-K and elementary. This whole Charter School experiment needs to be reevaluated, and yet every year new schools keep opening and then failing and then been given over to the major players like Kipp and Friendship. What a waste of resources, money, and the children's lives. Parents need to also start reading up on the schools they place their children in, not the glossy websites but the DCCSB data reports, some of them are terrible and the schools should have been closed along time ago. [b]Chavez and Howard have been low-performing for years.[/b]  [/quote]

I’m not sure that Howard families see it that way. Look for more articles of surprise and pain next year when the charter board moves to close them.

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I no you have to look at the whole school beyond test scores, but I'm not sure that folks also spend time reading the detailed reports and the comments by ex- and current teachers at glassdoor and indeed. You can tell the writing is on the wall at some schools just from this alone. Plus, go visit during off hours and see the interactions in hallways and classrooms other than your own. I know the same is true of DCPS schools too, but there is more monitoring overall! Regardless it is just sad for the kids who for the most part have built friendships and a sense of community at the schools.[/quote]

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