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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
OP here - Here is an example that people may understand. SELA will be a Hebrew language charter school. We won't be attending SELA (already at a different charter), but I think its charter is great! There will be hundreds of applicants - many of which REALLY want their children to learn Hebrew. Then there will be applicants who could care absolutely less about the charter of the school, but are looking for free care. So, I don't think it's fair that a family, who doesn't care about the school/charter, takes a spot away from a family who not only loves the idea of their child learning Hebrew, but who would really support the school. That's why I am asking people to not just take a spot if they really don't care about a charter school.

Do I really think there is anything I can do about parents taking (in my opinion) spots away from families who would really care for, nuture and support a school and the school's mission as written in its charter? No, of course not. Can I voice my opinion on DCUM? Yes, of course I can. As another poster wrote, charter schools can only be great if the PARENTS of the school stand behind it and support it to the best of their abilities.

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.[b] They may not give a fig for Hebrew immersion, but they care a great deal about providing their kids a quality elementary school education.[/b] 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. [b]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.[/b] 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]

NP here. I read your rude response to another PP, but, well, you do exactly suggest that people who would apply to SELA do so because they care about providing a quality elementary school education. Since SELA has not opened yet, why would anyone think it will automatically provide a quality education? We may hope it will, but saying that it is already vastly preferable to an atrocious DCPS is doesn't prove your point. So maybe dial back your rudeness and wait, along with the rest of us, for SELA to open before claiming its charter is good or that it will be a good school. Thanks.

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