{"id":5365,"date":"2015-01-12T23:06:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2015-01-12T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:06:54","slug":"the-truth-about-school-choice-only-80-of-you-will-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5365","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About School Choice: Only 80% of You Will be Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"school<\/a>School choice<\/a> is coming up at the end of this month, and you can already feel the anxiety in Stapleton. \u201cWe have our top two choices finalized, but we are not sure about our third, fourth, and fifth choices,\u201d says concerned parent Abby Trebon. \u201cWe of course are hoping to get into our number one, but if we don\u2019t, we are a little concerned about the future of our little one.\u201d Trebon isn\u2019t alone, as hundreds of new kindergartners will be introduced to the Stapleton, Denver school system. \u201cThere are so many things to consider,\u201d says Christine Kleese. \u201cWe are trying to figure out what will be the best fit for our daughter, and there are so many different options. When I was a kid we just went to school. There weren\u2019t five or six different styles of schools.\u201d\n\nMany parents have been studying<\/a> the different Stapleton elementary schools for months to nail down their first choice. \u201cWe have put a lot of time in talking with teachers and administrators,\u201d says Tracy Dunagan. \u201cWe hope all of our work pays off and we end up with the best school to educate our child.\u201d But, the sad reality for Stapleton parents is that only 80% of new kindergarten enrollees<\/a> will get their first choice. \u201cThat is hard for me to understand. That number seems awfully low,\u201d says Dunagan. \u201cThis is Stapleton. That number should be 100%. We should all get our first choice all the time. What is my tax money going to?\u201d\nMany parents share Dunagan\u2019s frustration. \u201cI can\u2019t believe they can\u2019t just guarantee me our spot,\u201d says Trebon. \u201cThey should have some sort of contest or test at least. I don\u2019t like that we have put in all this work, but someone who just wrote the name of a school down could take our spot.\u201d Kleese shares Trebon\u2019s frustration. \u201cThe reason I moved to Stapleton was that so my children would grow up knowing that you always get your way,\u201d says Kleese. \u201cThis is a very bad early example that my kids are going to see if things don\u2019t go our way.\nDPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg says that Stapleton residents need to take Aaron Rodgers advice and \u201crelax.\u201d \u201cI like to think of the choice program in Stapleton as the world\u2019s best lottery or casino,\u201d Says Boasberg. \u201cThink of going to play blackjack at a table, and 80% of the time you were guaranteed to hit blackjack, or in this case your school of choice. Furthermore, when you don\u2019t hit blackjack on that other 20%, you still beat the dealer. The reality is that these are all great schools, and no Stapleton residents are going to \u2018bust\u2019 in this system.\u201d The trouble with Stapleton, however, is that we all want blackjacks all the time.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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