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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the PP mentioned, students with special needs are indeed becoming a focus at BASIS because the school has recognized that it is this group of students which has the highest attrition (as opposed to a group based on race or low SES as people on DCUM seem to assume)[/quote]

No, attrition of students with special needs is exactly what people assume is going on. Attrition on purpose.[/quote]

Or attrition by choice. IDEA does not guarantee As in an accelerated curriculum. If a child’s SN makes it very hard for them to be successful in a rigorous environment then it’s normal that they would switch schools. Plenty of NT kids dislike the demands as well. Basis has to support the kids it has and implement the IEP, but does not have to water down the curriculm. [/quote]

BASIS DC is notorious for not providing IDEA-required supports for kids who could be successful there. I’d like to see them implement these improvements they mentioned before they get a chance to expand and then, oops! forget about those kids. Again.

[b]And they should be required to fill open seats.[/b]

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Way too hard to catch kids up in the upper grades when DCPS is doing the exact opposite of BASIS: watering down the curriculum, solely focusing on closing the achievement gap, refusing to offer true honors classes, etc.  [/quote]

DCPS schools have to accept new kids all year. It's disingenuous to claim BASIS is so much better when it's shirking its share of the fundamental responsibilities of the school district. Oh but norming and forming, oh our special special BASIS model, which produces such amazing results and is way better than DCPS because BASIS is so great. Right?[/quote]

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