Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 18:47     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
My kid went to Macarthur and played football for Eastern HS last year. It was such a great experience, he transferred to Eastern HS.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 15:50     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:Charter school students are not allowed to play sports at DCPS schools. There is bad info on this thread.


This thread started in 2015 and is mostly from 2015-2017.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 10:32     Subject: Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Is this option also available to those who attend private schools or are homeschooled?


Private school no, home school yes.


Mary Cheh introduced emergency legislation last fall to allow Lab School kids to play football at Wilson.


Wilson doesn't get any per pupil money for these students to pay for the coaching they get. I guess the operative consideration here is the fact that some Lab School students are there because DCPS can't comply with their IEPs.


DCPS wont' pay for lab school anymore.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2024 19:33     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Charter school students are not allowed to play sports at DCPS schools. There is bad info on this thread.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2024 19:11     Subject: Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
I have a home schooled kid in DC, what are the rules laws regarding him playing sports for a public school.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2017 08:38     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.


They aren't shirking their duty - the charters are not able to purchase enormous pieces of land on which to hold sports. DCPS will not recombine the small amount of students in large facilities in order to free up facilities for the charters to lease. Elementary DCPS often share space with DPR facilities, which then takes away DPR outdoor space from charters.

And my TAXES pay for both DCPS and DCPCS and I don't care how the students get to play sports - they should all get to play if they want to!


My taxes pay for DCPS and DCPCS, too. But my kid goes to private school. By your logic, he should be able to join the Wilson football team if he wants to. Our private school doesn't have a team. OK with that?


Read upthread. Mary Cheh introduced legislation last year to allow exactly that.


I've decided that I want my child -- a DCPS student -- to benefit from language processing support from the Lab School. Where do I sign him up? TIA!


First step is to hire a lawyer.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2017 05:21     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.


They aren't shirking their duty - the charters are not able to purchase enormous pieces of land on which to hold sports. DCPS will not recombine the small amount of students in large facilities in order to free up facilities for the charters to lease. Elementary DCPS often share space with DPR facilities, which then takes away DPR outdoor space from charters.

And my TAXES pay for both DCPS and DCPCS and I don't care how the students get to play sports - they should all get to play if they want to!


My taxes pay for DCPS and DCPCS, too. But my kid goes to private school. By your logic, he should be able to join the Wilson football team if he wants to. Our private school doesn't have a team. OK with that?


Read upthread. Mary Cheh introduced legislation last year to allow exactly that.


I've decided that I want my child -- a DCPS student -- to benefit from language processing support from the Lab School. Where do I sign him up? TIA!
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2017 00:06     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.


They aren't shirking their duty - the charters are not able to purchase enormous pieces of land on which to hold sports. DCPS will not recombine the small amount of students in large facilities in order to free up facilities for the charters to lease. Elementary DCPS often share space with DPR facilities, which then takes away DPR outdoor space from charters.

And my TAXES pay for both DCPS and DCPCS and I don't care how the students get to play sports - they should all get to play if they want to!


My taxes pay for DCPS and DCPCS, too. But my kid goes to private school. By your logic, he should be able to join the Wilson football team if he wants to. Our private school doesn't have a team. OK with that?


Read upthread. Mary Cheh introduced legislation last year to allow exactly that.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2017 22:27     Subject: Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
why does anyone want their kid to play football anyway? to get a jump start on the CTE and permanent brain damage?
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2017 19:17     Subject: Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Look folks - it honestly doesn't matter what you think. Right now it's allowed under certain circumstances.

If you are outraged by that, contact your council member and ask them to change it.

Anonymous
Post 08/20/2017 18:37     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.


They aren't shirking their duty - the charters are not able to purchase enormous pieces of land on which to hold sports. DCPS will not recombine the small amount of students in large facilities in order to free up facilities for the charters to lease. Elementary DCPS often share space with DPR facilities, which then takes away DPR outdoor space from charters.

And my TAXES pay for both DCPS and DCPCS and I don't care how the students get to play sports - they should all get to play if they want to!


So if my taxes pay for both DCPS and DCPCS, you won't mind if my kid, who didn't get a seat in the charter we wanted, drops by for language immersion or accelerated math? No, those things are reserved for students attending the school? What's the difference?
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2017 18:29     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.


They aren't shirking their duty - the charters are not able to purchase enormous pieces of land on which to hold sports. DCPS will not recombine the small amount of students in large facilities in order to free up facilities for the charters to lease. Elementary DCPS often share space with DPR facilities, which then takes away DPR outdoor space from charters.

And my TAXES pay for both DCPS and DCPCS and I don't care how the students get to play sports - they should all get to play if they want to!


My taxes pay for DCPS and DCPCS, too. But my kid goes to private school. By your logic, he should be able to join the Wilson football team if he wants to. Our private school doesn't have a team. OK with that?


Yes I am OK with that if your school does not offer that sport.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2017 16:30     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.


They aren't shirking their duty - the charters are not able to purchase enormous pieces of land on which to hold sports. DCPS will not recombine the small amount of students in large facilities in order to free up facilities for the charters to lease. Elementary DCPS often share space with DPR facilities, which then takes away DPR outdoor space from charters.

And my TAXES pay for both DCPS and DCPCS and I don't care how the students get to play sports - they should all get to play if they want to!


My taxes pay for DCPS and DCPCS, too. But my kid goes to private school. By your logic, he should be able to join the Wilson football team if he wants to. Our private school doesn't have a team. OK with that?
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2017 16:04     Subject: Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is allowable but it has to approved by the sending as well as the receiving schools. The process is easy you go to the school of interest speak with the athletic director, administrator of athletics of the recieving school once that's done. Have a conversation with your child's original school and let them know of your wishes and that's it in a nutshell. The irony many of the application only high-school students participate in the comprehenisve high-school extra-curricular activities. Eastern has students from SWW, McKinley, Banneker and Phelps participating in activities. Wilson has students from Ellington, KIPP, WSMT and Coolidge participating in their activities.




The answer is no. The only way a student can do that is the following;

DCPS school (does not have the activity) and the other DCPS school does

DCPCS school (does not have the activity) and the other DCPCS has it


A DCPS student is not allowed to play on a DCPCS athletic team

A DCPCS student is not allowed to play on a DCPS team



This is coming for a DCPS coach and A.D. who have dealt with this issue too many times.

Anonymous
Post 08/20/2017 15:24     Subject: Re:Charter students participating in DCPS high school sports
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So in other words, this is yet another example of charter schools taking advantage of dcps having to provide services to everyone, while charter schools shirk their duty. Yet they complain they aren't equitably funded. Provide equitable services and I'd be on your side.


Seriously. If you want your child to participate in sports, send them to a school that has an athletic program. The end.


+1

Public school isn't a menu.If a school isn't good enough for your kid, the parent booster money that funds the sports shouldn't be good enough either.

The point of charters is that small schools can experiment free from the constraints of the larger system . The are costs to being outside he system, and you need to be willing to pay them, not crying because you can't have your cake and eat it too.