Obviously, many of the posters do not keep up with real estate activity. Per square foot prices east of the park is comparable to west of the park in many neighborhoods. The majority of residential construction and renovation in the last 10 years has been east of the park. Almost all of the multitude of trendy bars, restaurants and shops are east of the park.

Many charter school elementary parents are high SES and could easily afford west of park houses.

In fact, a fair amount of these families have been migrating to west of the park (or out of DC) as their kids advance towards middle school. Deal/Wilson, private schools and the suburban schools are a definite lure while charter middle and high schools are shaky.

We're switching to a charter this Fall instead of staying with our neighborhood school because we got lucky in the lottery.
Our IB school on capitol Hill is great (and still improving) but this particular charter seems like a wonderful fit for our child and it's the type of school we'd want her to attend regardless of whether we lived in DC or Timbuktu. The neighborhood school is great by DC standards, but we weren't sure it was the best fit in the long run.

Anonymous wrote:I have been in education most of my life (private and public). Attending HRCS was the biggest mistake for us. 6th and 7th grades were wasted since teachers basically printed out online articles and told students to analyze/ work on them in groups. Math was a joke and science was practically non-existent. We were constantly being bombarded by phone calls to "donate" to the school. The calls came as early as 6 am or late around 11 pm.
We transferred to another HRCS for 8th grade, which was great for a year. The school being new went though major changes and yet again donating to the "teachers' fund" became an issue. Our family does not qualify for FARMS but we live literally paycheck to paycheck. For two years in a row my kid got excellent grades throughout the year, but the end of year report card showed dismal results.
Junior and Senior years were at DCPS and the experiences were much better in every aspect.
So from our perspective, charter schools at the high school level serve best those students who will not get top grades in regular DCPS or privates. Being very well connected or making substantial donations to the charters will earn these kids top marks which will help them get into better colleges or earn scholarships.

You had me going until this line. Troll fail.

Also people whose kids didn't get int wotp prek who still want free preK

Anonymous wrote:One thing that has been left out is kids who are in-boundary for Hardy. Most of the kids who attend public schools for middle school who are in-boundary for Hardy attend charters -- mostly Latin and Basis.

Not that many. See this link https://dcpcsb.egnyte.com/dl/Uh8mkNwCCc

One thing that has been left out is kids who are in-boundary for Hardy. Most of the kids who attend public schools for middle school who are in-boundary for Hardy attend charters -- mostly Latin and Basis.

I have been in education most of my life (private and public). Attending HRCS was the biggest mistake for us. 6th and 7th grades were wasted since teachers basically printed out online articles and told students to analyze/ work on them in groups. Math was a joke and science was practically non-existent. We were constantly being bombarded by phone calls to "donate" to the school. The calls came as early as 6 am or late around 11 pm.
We transferred to another HRCS for 8th grade, which was great for a year. The school being new went though major changes and yet again donating to the "teachers' fund" became an issue. Our family does not qualify for FARMS but we live literally paycheck to paycheck. For two years in a row my kid got excellent grades throughout the year, but the end of year report card showed dismal results.
Junior and Senior years were at DCPS and the experiences were much better in every aspect.
So from our perspective, charter schools at the high school level serve best those students who will not get top grades in regular DCPS or privates. Being very well connected or making substantial donations to the charters will earn these kids top marks which will help them get into better colleges or earn scholarships.

LOL at the grouch that is here trashing DCPS and DC Charters. Somehow I don't think people from DC are logging into chatrooms trashing people that live in Fairfax or Montgomery County.

Resentment much?

Hey, math nerds, go argue somewhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:Mom & Dad with 3 advanced degrees.

We don't respect DCPS, nor would we trust them with our children.

If you really had 3 advanced degrees in something other than art history (no offense art historians), you wouldn't respect or trust charters either.

Math & Business.

Your Education degree isn't doing you any favors.

Then you should be better at statistics.

Engineering.

So, dumber math?

It says a lot about you and your decision making if you think statistics is "dumber math".

Make up your mind. Are you an engineer or a statistician? Because you're certainly no orator.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mom & Dad with 3 advanced degrees.

We don't respect DCPS, nor would we trust them with our children.

If you really had 3 advanced degrees in something other than art history (no offense art historians), you wouldn't respect or trust charters either.

Math & Business.

Your Education degree isn't doing you any favors.

Then you should be better at statistics.

Engineering.

So, dumber math?

It says a lot about you and your decision making if you think statistics is "dumber math".

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mom & Dad with 3 advanced degrees.

We don't respect DCPS, nor would we trust them with our children.

If you really had 3 advanced degrees in something other than art history (no offense art historians), you wouldn't respect or trust charters either.

Math & Business.

Your Education degree isn't doing you any favors.

Then you should be better at statistics.

Engineering.

So, dumber math?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mom & Dad with 3 advanced degrees.

We don't respect DCPS, nor would we trust them with our children.

If you really had 3 advanced degrees in something other than art history (no offense art historians), you wouldn't respect or trust charters either.

Math & Business.

Your Education degree isn't doing you any favors.

Then you should be better at statistics.

Engineering.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mom & Dad with 3 advanced degrees.

We don't respect DCPS, nor would we trust them with our children.

If you really had 3 advanced degrees in something other than art history (no offense art historians), you wouldn't respect or trust charters either.

Math & Business.

Your Education degree isn't doing you any favors.

Anonymous wrote:Mom & Dad with 3 advanced degrees.

We don't respect DCPS, nor would we trust them with our children.

If you really had 3 advanced degrees in something other than art history (no offense art historians), you wouldn't respect or trust charters either.