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[quote=Anonymous]More charter school options with high academic standards are definitely welcome additions to the city, the demand appears to exceed the capacity of BASIS and Latin. Our main issue with Latin was the distance - they are all the way across town, 45 minutes minimum by metro and bus, that's a big chunk of time out of the day for a student. But the same questions come up - how can they actually expect to uphold high academic standards, when they will be faced with the same floodgate of incoming applicants hurling themselves at the lotteries - many of which will be DCPS refugees who are many grade levels behind and who've already become accustomed to low academic expectations and social promotion? At least BASIS holds the expectations high with requirements for advancement, i.e. comprehensive exams. Latin and the other schools on the other hand continue to suffer without any meaningful way to keep academic expectations high.[/quote]
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