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[quote=Anonymous]Sela, like all charters, exists for the mothers and fathers working three jobs who don't have much time to visit the school. Sela and all other charters exist for new immigrants families from whom family engagement in a school is a new concept, or for whom English inhibits participation, or who (see above) are simply too busy working to engage as meaningfully in the school culture as they would like. Sela and all other charters exist for harried grandmothers raising their grandchildren, for young parents juggling school with parenthood, for professional parents juggling careers. Sela, like all other charters, are PUBLIC SCHOOLS. They do not fine parents who cannot donate time or money to public schools, and we shouldn't shame parents who can't engage as much as the school would like. Yes, complaining about not liking the mission of a charter is annoying. However, the reality of lotteries for schools like Sela and other charter schools, is that there is a lot of competition and a lot of movement and some parents who are really committed to the mission will not get in, and other parents who could care less about the mission will get in. It's not pretty, but it's fair. [/quote]

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