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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS DC will utilize an intensive student support system to ensure all students are prepared for the demanding BASIS curriculum.  BASIS DC is[b] currently exploring ways to finance its student support system which will begin long before students even enroll in the school[/b].  “The objective is to allow adequate time and attention to bringing students up to grade level and facilitating their transition to BASIS,” says Sheri Piece, New Schools Curriculum Director for BASIS. ### [/quote]

Wait a minute. So they don't actually have "intensive student support" in place for next school year? How did they address the charter board concerns that they've never dealt with poor non-white kids en masse? (Over simplification, but basically that's what critics are worried about.)[/quote]

In DC, could be that few parents of unprepared kids even apply and that parents of already well-prepared kids will apply en masse.  This will include many whites who have just been waiting for the right charter school for their advanced kids.[/quote]

ITA!  The application pool for the lottery will probably favor middle to upper middle families and families of all SES backgrounds with high scoring children.  [/quote]

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