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On a steamy late-summer Monday, Rhuigi Villaseñor eased his black McLaren 720S (gull wing doors, gold rims, $300K price tag) down from his house in the Hollywood Hills and into the sweeping driveway of the Beverly Hills Hotel. The Polo Lounge, just off the lobby, is where generations of Hollywood machers have downed martinis and struck deals, and it s also where Villaseñor, the brains behind the menswear label Rhude, takes his meetings.
The lobby was eerily quietâa pandemic spares no one, not even the crown jewel of a hotel group owned by the Sultan of Bruneiâbut Villaseñor, in a silky black button-down, diamond studs, backless snakeskin Celine babouches, and a don t-try-this-at-home Caesar haircut, was unfazed. He gave warm hellos and elbow bumps to various staff members, making the lobby feel more like a living room. Later, after lunch, when the valet brought the supercar back around, Villaseñor tipped him a crisp $100 bill. I didn t know if all thisâthe
Yes, some charter schools do pick their students. It’s not a myth. Valerie Strauss © Bill O Leary/The Washington Post Art supplies loaded up and waiting for preschool students at Excel Academy Public School in Southeast Washington. This is a rebuttal to a recent column by The Washington Post’s Jay Mathews, who has long written in support of charter schools and who, last month, penned a piece calling it a myth that charter schools can pick and choose students. The issue is part of a long-running national debate on charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately operated and are a key part of the school choice movement. Critics say some charter schools limit access to students who they believe can succeed in their schools. Mathews and many other charter school boosters say these schools don’t do that.
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