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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These days, to get approved charters need to show how they are going to attract low-income students and maintain economic diversity.  The solution is generally location; ie, far from Ward 3.

Also, it would be great if there were a high school-only charter.  But the charters want to start earlier, not later.  Even charters starting at 5th Grade is part of the current problem, as students from DCPS ESs take those seats in 5th, since they likely can’t get in in 6th, and[b] then DCPS fills those 5th grade seats with OOB who feed on to Deal and Wilson.[/b][/quote]

Do you realize how few students in from Wilson feeder pattern actually attend a charter school? And how few 5th graders who go to the handfull of charters which start at 5th leae a feeder pattern which has Deal or Wilson (or even Hardy) as a destination? The numbers are minuscule.

Where students live -- Charter Enrollment by Ward 2018-19https://www.dcpcsb.org/data/evaluating-student-enrollment/student-enrollment

Ward 1 3,608 8%

Ward 2 523 1%

Ward 3 463 1%

Ward 4 6,601 15%

Ward 5 7,703 18%

Ward 6 3,697 8%

Ward 7 9,484 22%

Ward 8 11,757 27%[/quote]

I do realize that.  But that 1% is heading off at 5th grade, not 1st grade or 6th grade, and their spot is being filled by an OOB for the duration.[/quote]

Exactly. We need 6th-12th.[/quote]

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