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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the big hangup on Basis having to be the school that accomodates everyone?  DCPS obviously does not accomodate the needs of all those students that are fleeing DCPS (which is why the charters are so popular), and many of the other charters likewise set forth an expectation, like bilingualism, et cetera.  The precedent for NOT accomodating every student's needs was set long long ago.  Yes, they can't turn students away, but not being a good fit will be always a question with ANY school in the district.  The argument is thus a bit of a red herring.[/quote]

And what's the big hangup about every DC charter having to be a school that accomodates everyone?  I'm not a Chinese speaker, but turned down Yu Ying after a dear Chinese-American college friend mentioned that he wasn't interested in the school because he'd figured out it turns down at least 3x the number of Chinese speakers it takes, and, thus, only has half a dozen bilingual students.  An expectation of bilingualism for say, half the kids in an immersion school isn't discrimmination it's straight up common sense, a sound way to help a school achieve its goals.  Of course you a big group of kids to model the language and culture for the rest for such a school to become highly succesful.  And of course Basis needs a vetting mechanism to ensure that its getting almost all kids with the academic ability and drive to get through 8 AP classes or more.  You can't accomodate more than a tiny fraction of students when "8 AP classes+" is your ultimate goal.  If you don't set that goal, try to accomodate all the kids, and if you do, don't insult our intelligence and waste or tax dollars by pretending that you can meet it, taking years to prove that you can't. 
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How is that so many people who presume to be so well-informed have no idea how charter law works?

There is NO preference for language ability, there is NO preference for academic ability.  By law, charters cannot give preference to anyone other than founders or siblings.

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