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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to continue a charter vs. neighborhood fight but I do really object to pp in any way suggesting that parents "who are willing to send kids across town for MS" are in any way at fault for failing neighborhood middle schools. Nor are the charter schools who work incredibly hard to offer a decent public alternative at fault. Please keep the blame exactly where it belongs: with a dysfunctional DCPS system and bad administration.  Every parent I know in a charter school would rather use a neighborhood school if it actually offered a decent education [/quote]

As a DCPS parent who has a kid in a private middle school I'll add that what you said goes for many parents in privates as well. There are a ton of DCPS refugees at my DC's school. I was very active in the PTA in elementary, and through that met PTA parents in other DCPS schools. I'm now meeting those parents again at my private school.[/quote]

I'll just add, as a former DCPS parent who now has kids in Arlington County schools, what you said goes for many of us in the suburbs as well. I too meet many DCPS refugees out here. I too was very active in the PTA in our DCPS elementary. We left several years ago because we thought all our middle school options were less than desirable, including the charters that were available at that time. (I'm deeply ambivalent about the charter school movement in any case.) My eldest has finished high school now and my youngest will be starting middle school next year in APS. There was a time when I felt bad for not sticking it out longer, when I thought that maybe by the time my youngest was ready for middle school things would have improved. Now I find that I have zero regrets and am thankful we moved when we did. DCPS: the more things change, the more things stay the same. Kaya Henderson's comment is nothing short of scandalous.[/quote

I hate it when people use terms like "refugees" to describe moving out of their DC homes in pursuit of the bland white suburbia that is Arlington. It is so incredibly tone-deaf and self-indulgent.

You were probably never cut out for urban living to begin with. Glad you've found your natural habitat.  Enjoy your lily white suburbia.[/quote]

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