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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Although I hate the low academic standards, my real issue is with the violence in and near the school. [/quote]

Do you think your child specifically would be pulled into this?[/quote]

NP.  It's unpleasant to witness and can be really traumatic. It disrupts the learning environment and wastes instructional time.  And nearby people do sometimes get hurt in a scuffle just by being in range   It's not because anyone thinks their child is going to be invited to partake in a carjacking.[/quote]

My child was not happy in his elementary school where there were frequent behavioral disruptions, including thrown chairs, even though he was never directly involved.[/quote]

All sounds alarming and unfortunate. Didn't know there was this kind of violence at the schools mentioned except for Latin. Why doesn't Latin face the same thing? Is it because the school is smaller?[/quote]

Charter school means the families have to be motivated enough to transport their kids & fill out paperwork.[/quote]

That’s not it. Functionally half of DC Public School students attend charters. Even more go to Out of Boundary DCPS schools. So a MAJORITY of DC parents are willing to fill out applications and arrange transporation.[/quote]

Yes, half of parents are willing to do this.  And the kids of families where parents are not able to be involved in this way, family is in crisis, family has criminal justice system involvement, family is experiencing housing insecurity, etc. are concentrated in the by right schools that fully half of DC parents are jumping through hoops to avoid.  The resulting cohort at those schools has all kinds of behavior and social issues at a much higher rate than they would if so many parents didn’t go to charters or OOB options.  Get it?[/quote]

You anti-charter people are so g**damn twitchy. Get a grip.  A PP mentioned that a child was murdered due to violent nonsense happening at KIPP— a CHARTER school.  So the answer “because parents motivated “ to another PPs question about why Latin is not know for chaos and violence is “not it”.  Keep up or butt out.[/quote]

So one bad thing happened at one charter? That proves nothing [/quote]

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