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Untrue, this is a funny little thing about charter schools. They do and can push families out after count day. It doesn’t always work but they do try and can, unlike DCPS.[/quote]

Can you give an example?  What do you mean, "do try and can"?  I've worked in charter schools for 13 years and we definitely know of other schools with reputations for "counseling" a family out (e.g., schools may not be able to provide the programming or environment for a student with significant needs), but no charter can just push a family out.

DCPS has resources that charters don't, with specialized programs concentrated at certain campuses. It's unfair to compare all charters to DCPS in this way.[/quote]

The DC government gives a lot more money to DCPS schools than to charter schools, which seems pretty shitty to me. We're penalizing children, and hurting their education, because their parents decided to send them to a charter school? That's a pretty lousy policy.[/quote]

I remain baffled that governments give any money to charter schools.[/quote]

Almost half the public school kids in DC go to charters. People wouldn't send their kids to charters if they thought DCPS was a better option. It's a pretty profound rejection of DCPS by the public. [/quote]

Tell that to Eagle, Hope Tolson, I Dream, and now Capital Village families. What awesome charter schools![/quote]

That’s a handful.  Now let’s count how many DCPS elementary, middle, and high schools that are failing teaching kids to do basic reading and math above 3rd grade level.  Let’s count how many students miss school more than 30 days or more with truancy with no repercussions.  Let’s count how many billions DCPS has put into school renovations in under-enrolled schools instead of tutors and academic support.  Let’s count how many millions are spent on the latest educational consultant models without getting any input from teachers year after year..  I won’t even go into the issues with central office.

There are so many issues in DCPS as to why the system is so poorly run and failing the kids in this city.  Blaming charters is like putting your head in the sand.[/quote] [/quote]

I'm not the PP who blames charters. I'm actually a charter parent myself. But you seem to be really in the dark about a few things. Charter schools hire consultants all the time. Lots of charter schools have poor academic performance or low attendance that goes on for years and years. Lots of charter schools spend too much on real estate and renovations. Yes central sucks, but PCSB has its own separate problems and charter autonomy means the freedom to manage a school right into bankruptcy. It's really weird that you think these problems are unique to DCPS. I'm not DCPS booster but I see plenty of bad stuff in both sectors.
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I’m the PP and nowhere did I say charters don’t have problems.  But DCPS is so dysfunctional as a whole system and failing the kids in this city.  That is why families go other routes to charters.  It is cause and effect.  Fix the system and meet the needs of all students, support the bottom, have high standards and charters would not need to exist as an alternative.
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