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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My one concern would be about the class balancing.  Do they have any concern with having larger groups of 3 year olds?  (I'm assuming the answer is no).

Based on its location and use of the term "Montessori", I'd be shocked if the FARMs rate for next year is very high.   I'm on the WL and those who I know who are either in or WLed are all white or mixed race middle to upper class Petworthians/Cola Heights families.[/quote]

Well, I hope you're wrong, because the Breakthrough charter application went into great detail about serving at-risk kids.  Hopefully they did good outreach and will meet this goal.  [/quote]

isnt that just some BS to get approval? Its a lottery so its already self selecting to the parents who make the effort. Also, location is a huge factor. Its in a super gentfiying area of a bunch of families who are likley getting shut out of Creative Minds. I know, cause we are one of them in Petworth.    Who cares. this is just reality of charters. I am just jealous I didn't get in.[/quote]

I don't buy the argument that charters are less "at-risk", "FARM", "minority", whatever because those entering the lottery are more motivated families. There are plenty of charters that are almost 100% low-income, minority, FARM, fill-in-the-blank, because those charters really do make an effort to recruit from these populations.  I really do wonder about some of these other charters who claim to be focused on at-risk populations, but what exactly are doing to serve these populations?  [/quote]

They should be doing outreach to help families apply.  Location also matters too - I know that Breakthrough was considering a location near Capitol Heights metro which prob would have changed the application pool.  But ultimately the charter board approved their application, which expressly stated they wanted to locate in Ward 1.  [/quote]

Why is so wrong to have a charter that appeals to high SES families?  Why do people think its a good idea for high sES families and their often high achieving kids to leave the disctrict?  the rising tide lifts all boats. The more DCPS or Charters can do recruit high SES families to all schools not just in Ward 3, the better off all the kids will be.    [/quote]

There is NOTHING wrong with it.  Just be upfront about it.  Don't pretend to be concerned about the plight of the poor in the city if your true target audience is the wealthy in Ward 3. The fact that high SES families continue to enroll in these schools and shrug it all off is pathetic.[/quote]

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