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Well, you're talking about a short-term fix that addresses the needs of a few. Do you think DC is going to ATTRACT middle class families with the current system?What will attract them - a chance to MAYBE get into a school that they'd like to send their children to? And, no, not all middle class families will leave. As we saw during the school closings, some middle class families do want to stay and improve their neighborhood schools. Maybe those are the right families to be catering to, not the families who blame the community for all its problems while waving their tax statements around as if they're doing everyone a favor just by staying put. This attitude of bowing down the demands of the more affluent families is the reason that the achievement gap in DCPS has grown over the past several years.[/quote]

Trying to force families into schools they don't like simply doesn't work.  We have decades of proof.  Here in DC, the middle class white families abandoned the system, and a generation later the middle class AA families did too.  Not entrusting one's child to the local DCPS is hardly blaming the community for all of their problems.  And giving families what they want makes sense.  They're not paying taxes for fun, and they can take those dollars elsewhere.[/quote]

Well, getting back to the original point - the current system isn't working either because it's not really choice, it's luck. Many tax-paying, middle class families are not able to get into one of the few prized charters, so where does that leave them?[/quote]

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