Mr. Wilde writes about Charlemagne elementary that "...district policies continue to concentrate wealth in those programs." He might note that the school is located in a part of town that has a higher concentration of middle and upper middle class residents (but it is far from the only one). His suggestion that the district is piling money into Charlemagne elementary is preposterous. The Parker location facility is literally a dump. Charlemagne's students have the most pathetic playground anywhere in the district. They eat the same poor quality hot lunches as other kids in the district. Why doesn't Wilde drive over to Bertha Holt elementary and take a look at their beautiful gym and stage and compare it to Charlemagne's 1950's "gym," or compare their large rain shelter to Charlemagne's exposed asphalt and limited green space and then continue his rant about how privileged Charlemagne is. Charlemagne is your and everyone else's convenient whipping boy but is not the root of the problem.