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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You are missing a fundamental point, OP. Many (perhaps most) of those parents who don't really care about the specific charter of a school are not, as you so inelegantly put it, loking for free care. They may not give a fig for Hebrew immersion, but they care a great deal about providing their kids a quality elementary school education. In large swaths of the city, DCPS is not an option, so families who want a public education are compelled to go the charter route. And that means applying to any of the schools that are (or that they think may be) "good schools," regardless of whether they think it is the perfect charter of not. A family who doesn't go to sleep at nights dreaming of Hebrew immersion may very well apply to SELA because there is no limit on the number of charters to which they can apply, and because, at the end of the day, it's vastly preferable to an atrocious DCPS. If they really love the misson of another charter to which they are admitted, great - they'll go there. But if not, well, Hebrew immersion (or Chinese, or Spanish, or Expeditionary Learning, or year-round schedule, or whatever - this isn't specific to SELA) is certainly better than nothing.

In short, you've set up a false dichotomy to "prove" your point. If there were enough quality K slots in DCPS and DCPCS to satisfy everyone, you might have a point. But there aren't, so you're really just talking nonsense.[/quote]

You are missing the point if you assume that Hebrew immersion is, definition, a "quality elementary school education."[/quote]

Seriously, were you born a dumbass, or did you have to work at it?  This is not a discussion specific to SELA - and lo and behold, I think I even said that explicitly in the post.  Yep, there it is.

Please try and keep up.  [/quote]

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