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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, when are you going to admit that you are conflating some offhand comment you heard into some kind of problem where none exists?  You really think there are huge numbers of parents saying, "Hey, eff you and your parent involvement.  This is our last choice charter, and we frankly don't give a fark about this school.  Quit asking for our support!"

Mmmhmmm.[/quote]

While it is far from a critical mass of parents, I know from talking to teachers and administrators at charters that OP is NOT wrong.  Especially with the recession and the growing good reputations of some DC charters, there ARE a lot of parents who are choosing DC charters more out of necessity (I.e. not because their IB school is atrocious, their IB schools are fine, but don't have the glowing reputations some charters have).  If their kid doesn't get in they bite the bullet and opt for private.  But if they do get in, they now have this huge focus on Montessori/expeditionary learning/Mandarin/environmental issues/Spanish that they weren't seeking and some of theses parents RESIST and are pains in the butt.

The better the reps and outcomes of some charters, the worse this will get.  Obviously the rest of what was said above is also true - for every grumpy parent there will be many other parents who, while they didn't chose that school because of their mission (the school chose them via lottery), because they want their child to succeed they will support their child in that school however they can and ave a good attitude about it.

OP has already admitted she can't do much more than vent about this, but you are wrong to say the problem she describes doesn't exist.  Teachers and Principals at the real popular charters say otherwise.

(An aside, but it's worth also saying that some charter school staff also have success stories of turning sour parents into supportive ones, but not every time.)[/quote]

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