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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's how you do this people:

1. [u]Start a charter school based on testing and student accountability;[/u]
2. Site your school near Chain Bridge;
3. No bus or other transportation assistance;
3. Mandatory language immersion in first year, bilingual after that;
4. IB-type curriculum from the first year;
5. Mandatory Kumon-style training after school;
6. No sports, no activities;
7. One strike-style disciplinary methods;
 Other ideas?

You can create whatever elitist barriers you want to set up the school you want with a charter system and avoid allowing the rest of the city to participate, if you want to try hard enough.  Should you?[/quote]

I gather you're being facetious, but I'll respond anyway.  There are two key problems with the charter approach: (1) it doesn't allow a mechanism for extra school funding, and (2) it doesn't allow the school to focus on high-achieving students.

[quote]According to the School Reform Act (Sec 38-1802.06), enrollment in public charter schools is open to all students who are residents of the District of Columbia, and if space is available, to non-resident students who pay tuition at the rate established by the State Education Agency. A public charter school [u]may not limit enrollment based on[/u] student's race, color, religion, national origin, language spoken, [u]intellectual or athletic ability[/u].  http://www.dcpubliccharter.com/Enrolling-Your-Child/Enrollment-and-Lottery-Guidelines.aspx[/quote][/quote]

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