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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meridian is on U. Inspired Teaching is near U. DC Bilingual, Mundo Verde, Creative Minds - all Ward 1. [/quote]

And?  I don't want my kid going to any of those schools, and someone else out of ward 1 may want their kid to go there.  Why should either of us be forced to stay in our neighborhood?[/quote]
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Wow. That's amazing! You don't want your kids going to the large number of quality PCSs in your own neighborhood, and you don't want anyone else to be able to go to a quality PCS in their own neighborhood.[/b] How incredibly selfish. The reality is that the IFF report details a large service gap in Wards 4, 5, 7, and 8. No such gap in Wards 1-3, 6. So.....we need to encourage new charters to open up in their areas with the service gaps -not Ward 1-3. If the high-performing charters in your neighborhood are not good enough for Jasper and Zoe, send them to privates. Having a ward preference will allow new charters to serve the underserved (which doesn't mean FARMs per se - only means aren't enough schools in neighborhood clusters) because it gives them a built-in list of student candidates. Reducing commute time helps families and children spend more quality time with each other. Go Tommy! [/quote]

I want my kids to learn French, which is not possible at any of those schools.  Someone else may want their kid to go to one of those other schools, and by your rationale, because they can't afford to live in ward 1, they should have less of a chance of going to the quality ward 1 charters.  And I'm the selfish one???

Don't you worry your pretty little head about commute times (across DC, no less--not exactly like trying to cross NYC) in my or anyone else's family; if we don't have a problem with it, who are you to dictate what is right for someone else's family?[/quote]

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