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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are none of you concerned about your kids missing out on the traditional neighborhood school?  Maybe it doesn't matter as much if you work full time and your kids don't get home from after-care until 6pm.  But I would hate to think that every child in my neighborhood went to a different school.  I would hate my child's school to be miles away from our neighborhood.  We don't live in D.C. anymore.  One of the things I absolutely LOVE about our neighborhood is that all the kids in our neighborhood ride their bikes to school together.  [b]There is a real sense of community because all of us are concerned about working to make our neighborhood school the best it can be. [/b] My son's teacher lives four houses away from me.  The principal lives two streets down.  We have crossing guards to help the kids cross the streets safely.  They know all the kids by name.  Community events are often held at the schools.  Our community is tied together in many ways by our school.
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What makes you think charter schools don't have an active parent and local community that is concerned about making the school the best it can be?  Charter schools have some of the most active parent communities you can imagine.  In fact, one of the frequent criticisms of charter schools is that they have better outcomes because they self-select parents that care enough about their kids education to apply and make sure they get there, rather than taking the path of least resistence and send them to the school they can bike to because it's 4 blocks away.  And we also have crossing guards (but so what?) and numerous community events at the school.  I went to local, IB elementary school in a rural area, and I had to travel about 5 times as far to get to it as my kid has to travel to get to her school.  Whileour idealized version of elementary school where everyone lives half a mile from school exists, it certainly isn' the norm.  And as someone else posted, it really doesn'tmatter HOW close the school is if it sucks.

Short version - you don't have to live in Mayberry to have an active, caring community that supports a school.   [/quote]

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