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Topic: School Choice DC.

Thugoneous Title: Watching Caliente, BRB. Posts: 6,060 Registered: Nov 2, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,795 User ID: 734,292	Subject: School Choice DC.
	http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Leckie+Elementary+School This isn't a gotcha, I don't have kids but the military has taught me to be cynical when a Base Commanding Officer starts to pitch something that on face value seems like a bad idea. We had a community meeting on base yesterday where they had the local elementary school principle pitch his school to the parents this school is in an area of the city that is known to be dangerous. The principal brought a parent from the other community on base for testimonial, who pulled his child out of the "uncaring" charter school, I think he was also prideful because Leckie promoted his child from K to 1st early where the charter school did not. The public school people took shots at the charter schools whose teachers "some care others don't," apparently all the teachers in the public schools care now. The Principle opened with a woman pitching a "new" teaching method for pre-k that according to her is the most incredible thing ever, the general idea of the program was to ensure the kids behaved, smaller classrooms and focused on their strengths and building on the child's weakness from there. Then said that they've been doing this for 3-4 years in pilot program with great results, then spouted a study on how adults who learn this way are more successful. Then she said the old way of learning was crap, in a backhanded sort of fashion, at the same time implying the charter school teaches the old way. She also mentioned that the Principle didn't care about the test scores, which made her giddy. One of the parents who had his children in an academy asked WTF are your test scores (because that apparently matters to some parents), it became quite apparent the principle did care about the testing scores (they dropped slightly slighty last year for various reasons). Which leads me to believe raising the scores are the reason he came to the base in the first place. He knows that a lot of military spouses are homemakers and if they are living on base they have two parents (most of the time) and have time to focus on their children's education, which leads to them being better behaved and doing better on the test scores - raising his entire schools performance, I don't blame him he appeared motivated to improve his school and was quite proud of the gains he had made. I've talked to parents about where they send their children to school and the ones who say Leckie have never said it in a positive fashion prior to this meeting. TL/DR: The Base is pushing for kids to go to the likely inferior DC elementary school over charter or private schools who have proven (In DC) to be more effective/safe. The reasons are likely political. -----signature----- Lady, people aren't chocolates. D'you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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NuEM Posts: 15,394 Registered: Mar 2, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,662 User ID: 900,449	Subject: School Choice DC.
	This sets off my BS detector. -----signature----- It's time we became European: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VzdZ1i8YM8 The Federalist's Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz70fFZHEhw
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Bjorvald Posts: 9,251 Registered: Apr 5, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 8,849 User ID: 665,468	Subject: School Choice DC.
	Personally, I'd stay far, far away from any public school in DC. -----signature----- Bjorvald 9lx healer Blinknone, various toons on classic GANKED AGAIN
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Thugoneous Title: Watching Caliente, BRB. Posts: 6,060 Registered: Nov 2, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,795 User ID: 734,292	Subject: School Choice DC.
	What irritated me the most was the parent who switched his daughter out of the charter school. She was apparently being taught so well at the Charter school that when performing at a public school she was that far above average when she switched schools. Instead of reasoning that the curriculum in the public school may not be a proper challenge for his daughter. He put together that his little one obviously wasn't treated special enough at her previous school, who did such a bad job at educating her that they didn't see that she was too advanced for her grade. I guess if he would have said her grades improved or she reads now where she didn't before, or anything other than the fact that she was advanced over the kids who didn't get a start outside the public school I would have taken him more seriously. -----signature----- Lady, people aren't chocolates. D'you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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Brother_Tempus Title: Patriot Posts: 48,624 Registered: Jan 9, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 48,310 User ID: 61,868	Subject: School Choice DC.
	government is the antithesis of choice -----signature----- You win ACF, dude - Osmenthe BT is usually right - Onslaught i think we need more BT on page 1 - FighterUSAF Yep, BT is right - Aerlinthian Got guns & ammo? Food? Precious metals?
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