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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please stop with this nonsense.  They will draw kids from all over the city.  Don't believe me?  Look at the current BASIS commute map:
https://www.dcpcsb.org/basis-dc-pcs-student-location-map

Centrally located, easily accessible by metro and bus, in a location where many people, both upper and lower income, work with very limited elementary options for OOB parents.  For many of us, schools close to work are just as good as schools close to home.  Please stop trying to take away options from people who really need them.

[quote=Anonymous]Here is the link to the board meeting where their lack of willingness and ability to serve at-risk kids was discussed.

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2116656

I agree there seems to be little point in this. If it's to be in Penn Quarter, Thomson and SWWFS are adequately serving their populations.  If you can't serve low-income kids well, then this basically to get at the upper-income kids in the Walker-Jones boundary.  But they're fine at Seaton, Friendship-Armstrong, Garrison, and Langley.  The application said Wards 1 and 2, but I just don't see a ton of need there at the elementary level.

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[b]If Basis can't get good results from low-income and special needs kids, then why should it exist? Those kids need a school that can serve them well.[/quote][/b]

Their results are as strong - and stronger for some subgroups - as Latin and DCI (charters they are most often compared to). Perhaps we should close them too? None are perfect.

Data from the most recent report cards https://dcschoolreportcard.org/

Two caveats -- 1) both DCI and BASIS use the integrated math version of PARCC; Latin uses the traditional grade level/Alg 1/Geometry/Alg 2 versions.  2) BASIS and DCI data reported as 5th-high school. The below is Latin MS data (which scores higher than the high school)

[b]ELA Proficiency % 4+ by subgroup[/b]

DCI/BASIS/Latin

Black 49.8/51/43
Latino 44/55/61
Students w/disabilities 19.7/50/19
At-risk 34.8/34.2/17.3

[b]Math proficiency (4+)[/b]

DCI/BASIS/Latin

Black 28.4/39/22
Latino 30.3/48/41
Students w/Disabilities 12/30/17
At Risk 14/16/13

[b]Median Growth Percentile ELA[/b]

Black 51/65/49
Latino 45/68/58
Students w/Disabilities 44/73/37
At risk 49/35/56

[b]Median Growth Percentile Math[/b]

Black 56/41/37
Latino 41/52/45
Students w/Disabilities 60.5/37.5/51
At risk 34/32/30.5
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