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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I view ITS’s policy of not adding kids after Count Day much differently than any school that simply does not allow new students after initial grades. I agree both are bad in a public school— and charters ARE publics, even though they sometimes like to pretend they aren’t. But this ITS policy isn’t nearly as egregious to me. I get the rationale (it really can be tough on classrooms to add new students after the kids have finally settled in, as I know well as a DCPS parent). It’s a reality of school, but it’s tough on everyone.

But schools like BASIS or Latin refusing to backfill in subsequent years is really craven. Even private schools take kids mid-MS or mid-HS! A good school would not struggle to incorporate them. It really looks like an obvious grab for higher test scores. It’s gross. The ITS thing is annoying but doesn’t offend me in the same way.[/quote]

But is it really *that* hard?  So hard that the supposedly inspired teachers at ITS aren't skillful enough to incorporate even one kid after Count Day?  (Yet at the same time, it's fine and dandy before Count Day.)

Kids who move into the District mid-year have the right to go to a school, and to refuse to take any is to stick DCPS with more than a fair share of new arrivals.  ITS is just saying "This is someone else's problem, we refuse to do a share of the hard work, PS our test scores are so great!."  If it's really so awfully difficult, then isn't it therefore a bad thing to put it all on DCPS?  I think they could at least accept siblings-- they'll probably have to take the sibling next year anyway so why not just do it already?[/quote]

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