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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.

Charters are open to all. They run lotteries to allocate spaces to fill the capacity they are approved for. A school that is only authorized by the city to serve 35 kindergarten students can't be made to take 43 kindergarteners.

You are making it sounds as if it's a college or university that can pick and choose who it wants to admit. They cannot and do not erect that sort of barriers.

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Sure they do. Many charters (obviously not all) just pick and choose after enrollment. [/quote]

What is your evidence for that allegation? Which DC charters are doing this?[/quote]

Rates are reducing but it's still true. This has been one of the arguments against charter schools since the beginning of time.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/14/feds-cite-d-c-charters-for-high-suspension-rates-particularly-for-black-students/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/education/suspensions-and-expulsions-in-dc-schools-decrease-but-racial-disparities-persist/2017/02/02/aa007274-e965-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html

"OSSE’s report also found 99 expulsions last school year, down from 134 in 2014-2015. Most were in charter schools, which often have higher expulsion rates than traditional schools. When charters expel students, they often end up in traditional schools, which are required to take them."

http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25920011&item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Fblogs%2F129%2F%3Fuuid%3D64989

"Despite improvements over the last few years, the District of Columbia's charter schools are still suspending and expelling students at significantly higher rates than the national average, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

And, echoing trends seen nationwide, black students and students with disabilities were also disciplined at disproportionately high rates."

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