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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do people think of this idea?  We had better start asking our council members what they think.  Hearing that Tommy Wells may be introducing a bill to give ward-based admissions preferences for charter schools. [/quote]

The Tommy Wells plan and associated legislation would destroy specialized charters and leave kids East of the Park stranded. Tommy's staff point person should consider the needs of the whole City not just Hill people who want a "high-quality public school I can walk to." We can't all have that option right away. Specialized and other charters fill in the gaps for all of DC. It's not a matter of wooly-headed "fairness" or "equity" to destroy charters for the Hill and a few other places with resources as we return to the old system.[/quote]

There has to be something more to it than this, right?  Are there any good charters that are walkable from the Hill?  The history is that a few Hill parents freaked out over the existence of Two Rivers, and even it is up at Florida Ave.  That is not walking distance.

The Hill is a highly-educated, specialized subset of DC families, it is not representative of DC as a whole.  In any event, the Hill's new favorite charters are: Latin, Yu Ying, and Basis.  None of those are walkable.

I'd be interested to know more about what is driving this.  Could it be Ward 6 parents wanting the OOB kids in their neighborhood schools to stay in Wards 7 & 8, and hoping that neighborhood preference for all the Anacostia-side charter schools will encourage them to do so?[/quote]

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