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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Charter neighborhood preference is a rotten idea.  It completely screws over that part of the DC parent population living in areas where there is neither available nor affordable space to house a charter school, i.e., [b]Most of Wards 1 [/b]through 3.

Neighborhood preference eviscerates the very idea of charters, i.e., that as a parent you have the opportunity to find a school that best meets your educational goals for your child---whether it be experiential learning (Cap City), language immersion (LAMB, Elsie Stokes, Mundo Verde, Yu Ying), classical and/or advanced curriculum (Latin/Basis)---regardless of where you happen to live.

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I agree with you entirely.  But Ward 1 (Columbia Heights, Georgia Avenue Corridor, Mt. Pleasant, Petworth, U Street) is home to an awful lot of charters.[/quote]

I live in Ward 1, and don't want my kid going to any DCPS or Charters in Ward 1.  I want my kids to learn French.  Only one charter doing that in DC, so why should my kid be denied this because they don't live near Stokes?  DC needs to leave the charters alone, and concentrate on fixing DCPS!!![/quote]

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