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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the Board is going to make these demands on Latin, it will also have to make similar demands for other charter schools wishing to expand, such as YY. Did MV have to meet these same standards?  What about Basis?

[b]I think schools have been given an impossible task of being asked to provide these kinds of services for at risk kids who have experienced trauma.[/b]  These kids need extensive mental health services and other supporta which many schools, including Latin, are not equipped to provide. Plus, these interventions work best when kids are younger.

Some schools, such as Kipp, may get better test results but these schools are very rigid in their approach. And most kids from KIpp charters don't graduate from college so how meaningful are test scores?

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Literally here's what Latin is being asked to do:

1) Think about admitting kids after 9th grade (they don't actually have to do it, just consider it).
2) Not apply sibling preference for siblings attending different campuses.
3) Update the discipline policy so suspensions are used for the most serious offenses (they can still suspend anyone who commits a serious offense)
4) Train faculty in trauma-informed practices 
5)[b] Provide bus or van stops in Wards 5 and 7[/b] (they only need one stop in each ward to comply with this and they already have a system of buses) 
6) Implement the plans the school has already developed.

How is this an "impossible task"? [/quote]

+1. It isn't impossible. They also need to show progress quickly or this will be an ongoing issue for the school.

The school will be eligible for charter renewal in school year 2020-21. If the school’s charter is renewed, it will need to negotiate a new charter agreement with DC PCSB. [b]Provided the charter is renewed, should the DC PCSB Board determine, at the time of the renewal decision, that the school has failed to  make satisfactory progress in addressing disproportionality in the use of  exclusionary discipline, the number of at-risk students served, and/or the performance of historically underperforming subgroups, the new charter agreement shall contain a mission-specific goal or goals to hold the school accountable in the remaining areas of concern. [/b]"[/quote]

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