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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Charter schools bleed money from the public schools. And, charter schools don't have the same requirements as public schools or any oversite.  It's a crap shoot, could be amazing or a total disaster!  More often than not, a disaster [/quote]

New poster. Charters don’t actually take any money from public schools directly. All schools are funded per pupil. If a public school’s enrollment is suffering, I think they should do a better job of figuring out why people don’t want to send their kid there versus blaming the school they opted to send their kids to. I do agree that charters need more oversight and that many of them are absolutely terrible and not actually a better option than the public alternative. That being said, I think[b] it’s clear that parents want something that isn’t necessarily offered in the traditional public school setting[/b]. It would be better for districts to offer those options rather than fighting against them.[/quote]

For the parents that want something different, they should pay to send their children to private school, not use my tax dollars to support charters[/quote]

Disgusting. You do understand that means damning people with the least financial or social capital to just put u and shut up with often abusive levels of school dysfunction, don’t you?  Have you actually stepped foot in a non-ward 3 DCPS school?[/quote]

DP but I do, every day. I'll be sure to show my kids families what you think of them[/quote]

What I think of your kids and families? I think they get an absolute shitty educational situation and it breaks my heart.  I’ve seen the DCPS system close up and if you work for DCPS you KNOW the dysfunction and dereliction.  Why would you defend that system and deflect to the kids? As if…as if charters just went away tomorrow everything with DCPS would be fine.  Hah! What a dream. Stop worrying about political slogans and school sectors and worry about how these kids are getting educated. [/quote]

As a teacher in one of these schools, I do worry about them being educated. It's my job. I don't need your crocodile tears telling me that me or my students are lesser than you[/quote]

Nobody. Said. That.  Lacking financial or social capital does not equal “less than” but it does generally equal “fewer choices”. All respect for the work you do and for your students and their families. Enough respect to allow them the choice ( even if they don’t have the money for private or the ability to move ) to seek a public education elsewhere when and if they perceive their child is not being served by the SYSTEM. [/quote]

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