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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16:20, my point exactly that the campuses alone serve a majority population and therefore if they did close [hypothetically] they would[b] return back to their neighborhood schools[/b].

The choice was given and taken by a population that is primarily AA.  It's nothing wrong with that by no means but let the record show that with the sheer numbers alone the majority of AA's who are in the charter-school movement ever selected to return to the traditional DCPS it would be a culture shock for too many too handle.[/quote]

So?  With the exception of JKLM, the system is already majority AA.  Stuart Hobson for example, 82% AA and only 15% white.  How exactly would more AA students be "a culture shock for too many to handle"?

I think the larger issue would be the fact that the charter students are outperforming their peers in DCPS.  So why would they ever close?  Who would leave a well-regarded charter for a shabby DCPS with a bad reputation?  They currently educate 42% of public students and will probably be in the majority by 2015 or 2016.

Don't worry, the charters are here to stay all right.[/quote]

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