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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Charter schools are publicly funded and privately run. They are not public schools - there is a big difference and you should know them before you opt to send your children to one and before you start discussing equitability between two very different systems.[/quote]

It is clear people don’t understand the charter system. [b]You all love Basis but many of their policies would not happen in DCPS[/b].

The other thing to remember is that DCPS schools must educate all students in their catchment area. It’s passive to attend your neighborhood school. Charters require action to do the lottery and enroll.  Plus they can kick kids out or counsel them out much more easily.[/quote]

There is literally no one who sends their kid to BASIS who does not understand that things they do at BASIS would not be allowed at DCPS. Things like academic rigor. No retakes. No social promotion. No minimum C grades. Those are features, not bugs!

Also, a lot of the whining about BASIS not letting parents redesign the curriculum would be the same in DCPS. I don't imagine JR is changing a 2000 kid school because a dozen parents complain.[/quote]

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