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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mary Cheh called them "creative" not me.  She also has described her approach as more practical.

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They are practical ideas, and would really help the kids who need it most -- unlike the DME's proposals.[/quote]

I'm the PP who asked "Such as?" and Cheh's letter reads well.  It doesn't delve into specific solutions, but then that's not her role.  She does effectively push back on the DME's proposals.

I'm in Ward 4, my children attend an HRCS, and the direct outcomes don't affect me.  Maybe that means I'm a step too removed for a valid opinion?  I believe that for charters to be really effective, they should be choices, not just escapes.  I believe in both a network of neighborhood schools and a wealth of charter options.  I don't want to see the best DCPS schools destroyed and the city set back decades because parents feel they must flee to the suburbs for good schools.  By any definition that is not progress.

So, I'm just going to suggest to those of you in the neighborhoods with good neighborhood DCPS options, that when your political advocacy is public, that you think carefully about how it comes across.  There are people who will easily take offense to what sounds like you building a moat around your fortress, because you don't want to let them in.  Best to continue the tone of building opportunities in all neighborhoods, rather than any tone of exclusivity.

This election has the potential divide sharply on racial and class lines (as they often do).  "One City" worked (among other reasons) because it suggested we're all in this together.  Please don't advocate for solutions that suggest two cities, because that raises the fear factor, and unnecessarily so.  [/quote]

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