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Anonymous wrote:The irony of writing this but then sending your kids to one of the highest demand charters in the city should be lost on no one. It's convenient social justice self-congratulatory behavior.

Exactly. I wonder what the decision would have been if he'd not had his kids lottery in. That would be the more honest story.

Anonymous wrote:The irony of writing this but then sending your kids to one of the highest demand charters in the city should be lost on no one. It's convenient social justice self-congratulatory behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:Yep. There are a whole lot of hypocrites on this website that's for sure.

+1. I find it so funny that they are so defensive about their hypocrisy. Yes, dear, you purchased a 1.2 million dollar, 1,000 sq ft home in upper NW “for the schools”. We all know what you mean. But, hey, you went to a BLM protest and have a little sign in your yard.

Not np. So if I move into a black neighborhood and I’m white, it’s gentrification. I’m tearing the black community apart. If I choose a nw neighborhood I’m a racist. Got it, white people bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Yep. There are a whole lot of hypocrites on this website that's for sure.

+1. I find it so funny that they are so defensive about their hypocrisy. Yes, dear, you purchased a 1.2 million dollar, 1,000 sq ft home in upper NW “for the schools”. We all know what you mean. But, hey, you went to a BLM protest and have a little sign in your yard.

Fair enough. But can't you support police reform, BLM, etc and still not want to put your kids in failing schools? Do you think AA parents who put their kids in charter schools are racist too?

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Anonymous wrote:Go ahead and try to create a “PTO tax” and see how that works out. DC Council flirted with the idea of taking PTO funds from NW schools and giving them to poor schools. Parents made it clear their funding of the PTO would stop immediately and contributions a would be in-kind instead. Parents who are already paying their fair share in taxes expect the money they spend to benefit their own children to do just that. Not to be used for a Robinhood effort.

The problem with this argument is that many, many school districts prohibit this kind of fundraising by individual PTOs. Having one school raise 100k while another does not even have a PTO is clearly an issue. A redistribution of a portion of funds would make good sense. Or a program with a partner school to build long-term bonds.

Having one PTO raise $100K and another does not is clearly not an issue, because $100,000 is a drop in the bucket of a school budget. DC spends $23,000 on *each* student in a school. We have the second highest school funding in the country. The money PTO's raise is a nice gesture but it ultimately doesn't a lick of difference to anything.

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2020/comm/school-system-spending.html

Is that the lie you like to tell yourself?

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Anonymous wrote:This is a great article, it address some things many white people will not admit.
Just in that other forum I saw many comments saying to essentially leave Ward 3 out of it and fix ward 7 & 8.

No, it's not just ward 7 & 8, it's every school in wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 that is full of low SES children. Ward 3 is just the only ward with the absence of that.

While I agree ward 7 & 8 needs to be better the issue is not just that. White people do send their kids to schools beyond W3 BUT only at schools with a higher percentage of White families and areas that are becoming or are already gentrified.

But in DC in particular I will say another great issue is the leadership. When will we actually focus on low SES students so they do not become a reflection of their parents. I am not saying low SES families are incapable but the reality is they do not have access or awareness of everything a higher SES families does.

I am saying this as a Black teacher and years upon years of seeing interactions with all kinds of families. DCPS is not innovative, they do not give title 1 schools enough support. You will not find a freaking rooftop garden for 'horticultural therapy' at a title 1 school. And I am not saying that is what those kids need, I am saying there are less opportunities for them.

Money does create opportunity and DCPS invests it in the wrong places and doesn't give back to the school; academically, emotionally, or structurally.

No disagreement with any of the points you've made. I am at a Title I school with an urban garden and horticultural program. The kids and teachers love it and I'm glad the opportunity is being provided. But realistically, this special program of the principal and many other special programs, can't make up for the gaps that the kids have and DC won't give Title 1 schools and low SES kids the resources and support needed to fix the gaps. it's heartbreaking to see counselors and social workers and interventionists with caseloads that are two to three times (or more) higher than they should be. And teachers struggling in classrooms filled with high proportions of kids who are academically behind. How are these kids supposed to catch up when the staff is stretched so thin? If Ward 3 families want to stay in their Ward 3 bubble, so be it. But please if people care about all schools and kids, advocate for the schools in other areas to get the resources that they need.

Anonymous wrote:The irony of writing this but then sending your kids to one of the highest demand charters in the city should be lost on no one. It's convenient social justice self-congratulatory behavior.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. For all the educated folks here there seems to be a completely blind eye to each of our roles in perpetuating systemic racism. No, you’re probably not racist, but the choices you make about “what’s best” for your kids impacts other kids who are far from opportunity.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. For all the educated folks here there seems to be a completely blind eye to each of our roles in perpetuating systemic racism. No, you’re probably not racist, but the choices you make about “what’s best” for your kids impacts other kids who are far from opportunity.

Yes, man, yes.

And the solution you propose is what?

Anonymous wrote:This is a great article, it address some things many white people will not admit.
Just in that other forum I saw many comments saying to essentially leave Ward 3 out of it and fix ward 7 & 8.

No, it's not just ward 7 & 8, it's every school in wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 that is full of low SES children. Ward 3 is just the only ward with the absence of that.

While I agree ward 7 & 8 needs to be better the issue is not just that. White people do send their kids to schools beyond W3 BUT only at schools with a higher percentage of White families and areas that are becoming or are already gentrified.

But in DC in particular I will say another great issue is the leadership. When will we actually focus on low SES students so they do not become a reflection of their parents. I am not saying low SES families are incapable but the reality is they do not have access or awareness of everything a higher SES families does.

I am saying this as a Black teacher and years upon years of seeing interactions with all kinds of families. DCPS is not innovative, they do not give title 1 schools enough support. You will not find a freaking rooftop garden for 'horticultural therapy' at a title 1 school. And I am not saying that is what those kids need, I am saying there are less opportunities for them.

Money does create opportunity and DCPS invests it in the wrong places and doesn't give back to the school; academically, emotionally, or structurally.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. For all the educated folks here there seems to be a completely blind eye to each of our roles in perpetuating systemic racism. No, you’re probably not racist, but the choices you make about “what’s best” for your kids impacts other kids who are far from opportunity.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. For all the educated folks here there seems to be a completely blind eye to each of our roles in perpetuating systemic racism. No, you’re probably not racist, but the choices you make about “what’s best” for your kids impacts other kids who are far from opportunity.

Yes, man, yes.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. For all the educated folks here there seems to be a completely blind eye to each of our roles in perpetuating systemic racism. No, you’re probably not racist, but the choices you make about “what’s best” for your kids impacts other kids who are far from opportunity.