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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster here

Oyster seems like a pretty good school for neurotypical kids.

Several families have told me that Oyster counsels out special needs kids. They can do that because they can tell DCPS the child isn't suited to a dual language school due to disabilities, and then have the child sent to Francis Stevens as the English language alternative.

Their data bears out that they have relatively low numbers of kids with disabilities due to counseling out, and that those SN kids in the school are not learning well in their classrooms. See PARCC results for kids with disabilities as a breakout population.

Fifteen to twenty percent of the child population has some sort of special need so these are numbers of students that matter.

Meanwhile, DC Bilingual, Mundo Verde, and LAMB have developed strong special education programs. [/quote]

That’s how DCPS is allowed to work, even if they shouldn’t. Because they are a multi campus LEA they can decide to move a child from a specialized program saying they can support them better at another school. The District will transport the child if needed.

Because charters are stand alone LEAs, they must serve students with disabilities in their schools. [/quote]

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