What strikes me as funny is that all the liberal elites in DC send their children to private school. Why is that? It’s because DC schools are mostly black. Whites make up about 10% of the student population in DC public schools. Liberals want diversity for YOU AND ME, but not for their precious snowflakes. Oh, no no no. Not THEIR snowflakes.
When I lived in Hawaii there was a similar (not matching) situation. The public school system sucked so badly that the teachers sent their own kids to private schools. Even if they tried to improve the public schools, the system was rotten at the top. Not sure how it is now.
The public schools in Alexandria and Chevy Chase are okay.
Friends of mine who lived in a DC military enclave tried to send their kids to a DC school. They were told that their kids had to lose their Sesame Street backpacks, as the local kids would feel underprivileged. They then understood why the enclave ran private transportation to private schools.
So sad. What is the per capita cost in DC to educate a child? Why are the DC children at risk? Why not use school vouchers for the kids in DC to have a choice?