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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't seem to be aware that your school is part of a school system and that that school system is part of a political system. If the only issue was crowding at a small set of schools wotp you would be right, but it's not. [/quote]

I am aware of that. Making our schools worse, isn't the answer. The problems in Ward 3 schools aren't the same as the problems at Ward 8 schools, so why try to fix both of them with the same solution? It's not going to work.[/quote] the fix requires some pain WOTP because the solutions for the WOTP schools (a mix of expansions, boundary reductions and reductions in OOB admissions) are not politically palitable outside Ward 3. [/quote]

The fix doesn't require pain to ward 3 schools. Thinking that is just mean spirited. That's one of the things that's bothering me. Some of this feels like a mean spirited chipping away at our neighborhood schools. We have OOB lotteries. Great. OOB kids are welcomed as long as their is space. Not a problem. But as soon as neighborhood kids start filling the schools, there's an outcry. Now we have to be forced into having 10-20% of the seats at schools set aside for kids from failing schools. Where does it end?[/quote]

Mean spirited or not, people have been chipping away at neighborhood schools since the first charter came to town.  Those families who win the lottery and live near the "sought-after charter" are OK.  Those who can afford to live where there are already good neighborhood schools  are OK.  Everyone else is not OK, but remember -- it's not the fault of those other families -- it's the fault of the system.  Go after the system -- not other parents.[/quote]

Families who decided to go charter weren't forced out of schools they contributed to and wanted their kids to attend. They chose charters for various reasons, and for many these charters were Better than their IB school. What's happening in ward 3 feels like we are being forced into schools that are worse than the ones we bought houses to be IB for ---at the request of families who are not happy with their IB schools.[/quote]

But remember, it's not the families who are requesting it -- it's the school system that is proposing it.   the families just want better education for their kids.  I'm suggesting that all families should pull together against a system that is trying to pitt you against each other.[/quote]

Read some of the other threads that show what some EOTP families think about Ward 3 families. Not warm and fuzzy. And this was before any of these debates began. We're all entitled to try to do the best for our kids. I'm not okay with anyone who wants to take something away from my kid so their kid can benefit. I don't care what ward they live in.[/quote]

wow.  entitled much?  you just showed why some (lots?) EOTP families feel the way they do about Ward 3.  heck, i live in Ward 3 and i definitely don't like this attitude.[/quote]

How is it entitled to want to stay IB for the school's boundaries you bought a house in? If I'm entitled for wanting to stay in my current IB school, then what do you think about OOB families who think they should take my kid's spot?[/quote]

you bought a home.  a home and its land is a private dwelling.  a public school is a public good.  you did NOT buy into a public school.  you can only buy into a private school.  a public school serves a COMMUNITY.  you should really try to be a part of a greater community, which let me remind you spans WAY beyond Ward 3.  [/quote]

Oh brother...

Are you IB for Murch or Janney? Let's meet so we can agree to switch spots and your child can go to Hearst or Eaton. Where we live doesn't matter. It's all about community. And the public good.[/quote]

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