Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:23     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:If there were no charters, I think we would have a majority middle/high SES elementary school (Watkins). The demographics exist in the neighborhood but so many of the kids end up somewhere else starting in pk3, pk4 and K. I don't think the neighborhood would have gentrified to this extent without charters, but I would love to see them abolished tomorrow and see how things shake out. Sadly that ship has sailed.


There would be even less children on the Hill over 3rd grade if the charters hadn't happened. 15 years ago, everyone split for private, parochial and many moved to other parts of the city. Since E-H and Eastern still aren't viable for most middle/high SES families, you've only got one too small middle school in SH. Thank goodness for Latin and BASIS.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:20     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:If there were no charters, I think we would have a majority middle/high SES elementary school (Watkins). The demographics exist in the neighborhood but so many of the kids end up somewhere else starting in pk3, pk4 and K. I don't think the neighborhood would have gentrified to this extent without charters, but I would love to see them abolished tomorrow and see how things shake out. Sadly that ship has sailed.


No charters is not the same thing as everyone going to their in-boundary DCPS school.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:06     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
I've lived here for 25 years, I remember DC without charters. You all are dreaming of you think rich white people living EOTP are going to go to Dunbar or other schools
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:03     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
If there were no charters, I think we would have a majority middle/high SES elementary school (Watkins). The demographics exist in the neighborhood but so many of the kids end up somewhere else starting in pk3, pk4 and K. I don't think the neighborhood would have gentrified to this extent without charters, but I would love to see them abolished tomorrow and see how things shake out. Sadly that ship has sailed.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:02     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:Vote here!

Definitely the latter camp here. We go to a WOTP DCPS but live in ward 1. I'm pretty sure if all the high SES kids went to our IB school, we'd have a great walkable option.



Of course, cause only rich kids can be smart.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:02     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
We would have left but for our charter.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:02     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:Charters keeping me in the city. We live EOTP, and even if every high SES person in our neighborhood went to our IB, it would still be a terrible school.


Me too, same reasoning.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:01     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
OPs post is nonsensical, why even post about charters when she is talking about the DCPS OOB Lottery.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:00     Subject: Re:Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:Overall #2. But it's catch 22. DCPS in our neighborhood is good (Shepherd) although many historically have and will continue to always go private. Citywide, if it weren't for charters I don't think DCPS would even be competitive as they are today.


I agree. My children attend our IB WotP school. I have no interest in charters, but the competition they present help to keep DCPS on their toes. So, I appreciate their presence. However, charters with a similar focus/mission to its DCPS counterparts should not be allowed to open in close proximity.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:00     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:Vote here!

Definitely the latter camp here. We go to a WOTP DCPS but live in ward 1. I'm pretty sure if all the high SES kids went to our IB school, we'd have a great walkable option.



The irony that you make this about charters, when you go to another school OOB.

Maybe say, get rid of the OOB lottery. Why should you get to go to a WOTP school when you don't live there?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 19:59     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
We want to live in DC and would have sent DC to private school if we had not got into an immersion language charter.

Honestly, I did not know which DCPS we were zoned for when we bought our house EOTP because we never considered DCPS.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 19:58     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Charters keeping me in the city. We live EOTP, and even if every high SES person in our neighborhood went to our IB, it would still be a terrible school.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 19:55     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Charters absolutely kept us in the city. My kids are now in 6th and 9th grade.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 19:54     Subject: Re:Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Overall #2. But it's catch 22. DCPS in our neighborhood is good (Shepherd) although many historically have and will continue to always go private. Citywide, if it weren't for charters I don't think DCPS would even be competitive as they are today.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 19:45     Subject: Are charters keeping you in DC - or are they holding back your neighborhood DCPS?
Vote here!

Definitely the latter camp here. We go to a WOTP DCPS but live in ward 1. I'm pretty sure if all the high SES kids went to our IB school, we'd have a great walkable option.