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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clueless PreK and early elementary school parents with no prior experience with DCPS will yes sign up for Basis elementary school.  [/quote]

Why do you care what other people do with their kids? Are you worry about the impact on your DCPS school? Work to make your school better, a good DCPS school doesn’t have to work too hard to recruit students.[/quote]

Because each and every school impacts the functioning of the system as a whole. And because I feel bad for kids when their parents make doofus decisions.[/quote]

+1, what a ridiculous argument. So public school parents in DC should just be silent on all school issues that don't involve their specific school? Of course the introduction of a new charter will have an impact on both nearby DCPS and nearby charters (and has been explained, the proposed location is very close to not only two boundary DCPS schools, but a charter and an all-city DCPS). It's totally reasonable for parents to ask if that makes sense and to argue that the new charter could eat into the enrollment at those four other schools.

And yes, I think it's totally reasonable to ask if a BASIS elementary would serve kids in the city, regardless of whether you plan to send a kid there or the school will be in your neighborhood. I really do not think BASIS-style education lends itself to PK-5th, but especially early childhood education, where I think there needs to be a strong focus on socio-emotional issues.[/quote]

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