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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS only spends money if your kid needs help passing NCLB. Presumably, most of the kids at a Hebrew charter would be able to pass NCLB with flying colors.  As others have said, there's an argument for spending money to keep middle class kids in the DCPS system, but DCPS probably figures it already has that covered, if inadequately, with JLKM [b](PTAs privately fund most extras, not DCPS)[/b], Latin [b](charter, not DCPS)[/b], Banneker [b](49% low income[/b], Walls [/b]competitive citywide application, class/boundary don't guarantee entry)[b], and that ilk.

So as an exercise, in preparation for the charter application, can somebody explain why:
(1) DCPS should allocate money to kids who will already pass NCLB with flying colors, [b](DCPS would not because it would be a charter school)[/b] and 
(2) how taking these kids out of other NW schools would not increase the risk these other schools will fail to make AYP the following year? [b](This assumes students are already in those schools. Also, this doesn't factor that AYP is often determined by results of "subgroups" of non-white minorities, limited English speakers, and special education/disabled students. Apparently these aren't the same as the "smart Jewish kids" people seem to think would populate a Hebrew charter.)[/b][/quote]

:roll: You might want to read up on acronyms and educational definitions in DC.

NCLB is a law. It is not a test. I assume you're referring to DC CAS standardized tests for all publicly-funded schools, charter and DCPS. DC CAS tests are not "pass/fail". There are tiers from below basic to advanced. Perhaps you're referring to achieving AYP, adequate yearly progress, versus "passing" DC CAS.

DCPS is required to spend money on students with IEPs (special education) and in Title I schools based on laws that predate NCLB. These are not necessarily the same students who are "failing" DC CAS, but in some cases they are. Therefore, yes, DCPS is spending money on kids who haven't reached proficiency on DC CAS.

Your use of DCPS is unclear. It seems like you are simultaneously referring to a) OSSE, the "statewide" superintendent for all forms of education (but not budgets); b) the DC Public School System (DCPS) which only covers 60% of public school students; c) DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) which approves and oversees the dozens of independent charter schools that cover the other 40% of public school kids with absolutely no connection to DCPS (Washington Latin is a public charter school);  and d) DC taxpayers.

OP, could you rephrase what your point is?[/quote]

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