Surefinewhatever1111 t1_je9zr3d wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:27 PM

Reply to comment by BarracudaAcademic539 in Republican congressman calls D.C. schools ‘crappy,’ ‘inmate factories’ by Ok_Culture_3621

Charters educate half the city's kids, might be the majority at some point. Maybe DCPS parents should sit this one out.

BarracudaAcademic539 t1_jealy5a wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:58 PM

Yeah. charters skim off the kids with parents that care enough to apply and/or lottery.

Surefinewhatever1111 t1_jeammom wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:02 PM

The parents who GAF having better outcomes? Damn that must make you so mad. Before the lottery they'd camp out in front of out of boundary schools just to try to do better for their kids.

BarracudaAcademic539 t1_jeat784 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:44 PM

Not mad but I do think that charters inhibit the betterment of neighborhood schools.I send my kid to a neighbor school and many highly engaged neighbors see theirs to charters. I’d love to have the neighborhood school have those engaged parents and their PTA fund raising ability helping out DCPS and all those kids who’s parents don’t “GAF”.

Surefinewhatever1111 t1_jeawb67 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:03 PM

>charters inhibit the betterment of neighborhood schools.

Absolutely nonsense. They had DECADES to improve themselves before charters and never made an effort to do so. DCPS, especially the Central Office, is a jobs program for Ward 9 and the shills who depend on it.

No one in my neighborhood who cares about their kids sends theirs to the local.

BarracudaAcademic539 t1_jeb3lic wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:50 PM

“Improve themselves”? Schools are only as good as the parents that send their kids to them. The best teachers and administrators can only make so much of a difference. I’ve seen this with both my kids going to two different city schools. This is the falacy of public education. The main factor are the parents. Schools can do little to move the needle beyond what the home environment provides.