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[quote=Anonymous][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?

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.  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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1. Yes. Any charter wishing to expand should have answer for how its at-risk and students of color are performing as well as for disciplinary disparities. What seems to be happening is that there are new PCSB board members who are bringing this focus to the PCSB; these kinds of questions were applied to non-HRC operators before. Now they are demanding it of hte high performing schools with significant achievement gaps.

When MV replicated I don't think the achievement gap and discipline data was as stark as Latin's and MV hadn't been operating for more than 10 years.  BASIS and YY haven't replicated, but should expect similar scrutiny.

2. If WL can't educate ALL STUDENTS, they should close. They are not a private school, and there is no reason on earth why a "classics" curriculum is only suitable for white students.

A school charter is a legally binding contract and schools agree to use the PMF criteria to determine if they are meeting their benchmarks. Latin is, but only if you look at the averages. [b]Only DCPS gets to throw up its hands and say it's too hard, or at least continue to operate year after year without much improvement.[/b]

Latin can absolutely provide mental health services and supports to students who need them -- after all, there are very few at-risk kids in the school. They would have to adjust their budget and personnell -- and based on their replication request they are already doing this. 
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I am no defender of DCPS' performance, but seeing as Latin is doing badly with the same demographic, by that logic Latin should be closed.  And Latin does not even take kids after 9th.  Can you imagine what a sh*t-show it would be if Latin had to take by right enrollments and midyear arrivals like DCPS does?  [/quote]
Yes lets close latin, one of the most popular schools for black white and everything else students in the city. Let's ignore their classics program (which parents of all colors want), their college placements and their astounding scholarships. Let's close it ! [/quote]

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