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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I have friends who have quit KIPP mid-year because it has become the third Reich. Here's a link for parents who are interested in what actually goes on in many charter schools across the country.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/exceptionaldelaware.wordpress.com/2015/13/uncommon-school-video-really-makes-me-think-of-the-third-reich/amp

Although charter schools market primarily toward the urban poor and lower middle class, their tactics haven't changed. For those that challenge me, and say that you are at the school every chance you get, that's fair. However, if your school BASIS was all that it claimed to be, your HOS (head of schools) would constantly churn. High turn over means people are happy and proves the validity of the points made earlier, BASIS looks great on paper (test scores, etc) but the environment seems toxic. They purposely weed out students (which would of course would exclude SPED and ESOL students). DC liberals are hypocritical, they want &quot;diverse&quot; schools but that diversity should not include students who may or may not have disabilities and/or speak another language as their first. They consider BASIS as &quot;rigorous&quot; because the average private school in the area is at least $30,000. Of course, DC is prime real estate for the charter business because the powers that be understand that those who can't afford private school tuition will either buy into an expensive public school area or flock to a &quot;rigorous&quot; charter school. The average person is just sheeple to the 10%.

If BASIS was all that it is supposed to be, why don't the really wealthy send their children there? Most wealthy people send their children to public or private. 
 
https://cloakinginequity.com/2013/04/19/what-basis-nepotism-and-aggrandizement-in-charters/[/quote]

Only 20% of students at Basis DC are economically disadvantaged. It's filled with normal, middle class families. It's 40% white, 39% black and 6% asian and 6% latino.

It's got a very low percentage of students with special needs (4%) of ELL which is a huge problem. But in that regard it is not unlike SWW or Banneker -- those schools have &lt;1% special needs students. Most parents of students with disabilities won't choose that for kids with learning challenges.

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Except that SWW and Banneker are test in.  BASIS is a public charter which means they accept any child from the lottery so their special needs % should be more akin to say a Latin or Cap City.[/quote]

Many SN students are strong students. That excuse re SWW and Banneker doesn't make sense. [/quote]

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