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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congratulations to you.

My point is that when all the kids like you go to charters, the disadvantaged kids that are left behind in DCPS are left with an even worse alternative in DCPS. Charters leavie the schools with a worse cohort of kids.  We then blame all their problems on DCPS and on the kids themselves.

So we should be honest about this impact and try to mitigate it - or just shut down DCPS and go to charters.

I don't know why that offends you so much. [/quote]

It looks a lot like what really and deeply bothers you the most, is that the PP (whom you ¨Congratulated¨) is motivated enough to find better educational alternatives for her children... instead of sending them to school with yours.

OUCH.[/quote]

My kids go to charter schools too - but that doesn't blind me to the complex set of problems caused by the awkward coexistence of regular DCPS and charters schools.

Ouch indeed.[/quote]

The only awkwardness is the self-imposed awkwardness that DCPS has put upon itself by not having vision to understand the whole phenomenon of what's happening with charters, by not recognizing the drivers, by not being responsive, et cetera.  DCPS could easily have captured a lot of the charter momentum by looking at bolstering specialized offerings, through magnets, through dealing with behavior problems and other things that have many families running for the door when they go on school tours...

I don't think that many charter families are all that uncomfortable with their choices.  Sure, they likely harbor wishes and desires for DCPS to improve, but they also recognize that DCPS brought it on itself.[/quote]

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