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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No charter school gives parents a role in decision making. It is a feature not a big. They say they have parent views because in all DC schools, a couple parents must be Board members. I dislike it, but have had a kid in 4 DC charters and it was the same at each.

[b]Teacher stability is tough when teachers are at-will employees,[/b] without any protections afforded by a union. Again not a problem unique to Basis. Its teacher turnover has been similar to other charters over the last 3-4 years.

When comparing you need to compare like to like — and a charter isn’t a magnet.

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The stability rates are the same for DCPS and the charter sector - a three-year average of 25% turnover. Union or at-will, overall turnover rates are the same across DCPS and charters. Differences in rates between schools are more pronounced by Ward (Wards 1 and 3 have the lowest turnover, Wards 5 and 8 the highest) and by school type (middle schools have the highest rates). For the last couple of years, Basis is actually lower than the DCPS/Charter average.[/quote]

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