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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most HRCS have barriers to entry of one sort of another -- originally it was the individual lottery application process, now it's the siblings of those who got in initially -- that exclude the city's poor and disenfranchised.

Their absence makes everyone else feel better.  It's called "creaming".[/quote]

Exactly. Poaching the best students and wealthiest families from DCPS. [/quote]

This is pure bullshit and will continue to be bullshit no matter how many times you try and repeat it.  Every applicant to the lottery has an equal chance of getting into a charter.

Students SELF SELECT.   Charters do not get to pick and choose.[/quote]

[b]This is nonsense.  You don't view the lottery itself as a barrier - especially to those with poor computer skills, no computer access, or non-English speakers?

You don't think that schools that are far from mass transit present a barrier to those parents that don't have the luxury of time or money to drive their kids across town?

You don't think that - just to give one example - Washington Latin providing a bus for students in NW DC but no bus for students in Wards 7 and 8 might have some kind of impact on whether those students attend Latin or not?[/b][/quote]

What nonsense. Not a Latin parent, but from what I understand Latin is on the green line and offers a shuttle from the green line to the school. Plus I am pretty sure there has got to be buses that can take you there for free via metrobus.

As for the lottery, all of the DC libraries have computers and staff members more than happy to show people how to apply not to mention all of the social services in this city. These same services probably have access to translators too. Additionally any of these schools I am sure would be willing to walk a family through the process as well.

I am also willing to wager that these same disadvantaged folks you speak of have no problems applying for the various sorts of assistance available from our social safety nets so I call hogwash to your assertion about barriers.[/quote]

Metro is not free.   And bus service to Latin is terrible.   So again, if you do not have the luxury of time and money to get your kid across town, you are not going to send them there.  Or if you do not live in one the targeted communities in NW where Latin provides (costly) bus service, you are not going to go there.

Sure, people can get help with the lottery if they need it.  But that's the point - getting help is a hassle.  I bet you don't need help - you can probably apply in 15 minutes from the comfort of your living room.

The point isn't hat it is impossible for poor and disadvantaged kids to go to charter schools - but there are barriers that exist for poor and disadvantaged kids that don't exist for others.[/quote]

Latin was originally located in NW where said bus now serves. [b]Do you really think charters actually choose where they live[/b]? Also bus service is free and not difficult to Latin. You are picking and failing.[/quote]

Of course charters choose where they live.  Do you think that they are randomly assigned a location by the DC government?

Metrobus is free, yes.  But the special Latin bus is not.  The Latin-organized bus that picks up at Guy Mason in NW DC and takes kids directly to the school costs $1,500 per year per student.   And that bus is not available to kids in Ward 7 and 8.

It's not a knock on Latin, or the parents who send their kids there.  But it is obvious on its face that there are barriers that exists the for poor kids (and kids with parents that are uneducated, do not speak English, or just do not care ) that disproportionately impact their ability to attend charters.

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