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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They also want to reach underserved students.[/quote]

With the caveat that the underserved students are able to handle accelerated work.  If your child is below grade level, BASIS offers remediation for them to catch up but the student needs to put in the work.

Sending your child to a middle/high school that is known for an accelerated curriculum and then complaining about the fact that the curriculum is accelerated makes you an idiot.[/quote]

And yet, you'd still be not as big an idiot as the charter school parent who believes that a charter school doesn't have an obligation to serve every single child who comes through the doors, AND serve them all equally well.  Every. single. child. Equally. well.

It's not hard, it's the law.[/quote]

I don't think the law is carte blanche to fulfill every expectation under the sun.  For example, some quack could write "Little Johnny can only learn when he's on the beach in a hammock slung between two palm trees".  Great if you could get it, but it ain't happening.

Also, accommodations are a two way street.  If the school for example makes Mr Lehrenschulen available for tests and supports several days a week, but the parents say "Oh, Mondays are no good because we take Tootsie, our Pomeranian to the doggie massage, and Tuesdays are no good because little Johnny absolutely has to go to basketweaving club and... well, the only good time is Saturday afternoons between precisely 2:17 and 3:49, no sooner and no later, and, oh, too bad, Mr. Lehrenschulen is going to have to forego his Saturday afternoons off with his family and oh, what?  Mr. Lehrenschulen is jewish and doesn't work on Saturdays?  Oh, well you'll just have to fire him and replace him with someone else."

Also, how does a school make Calculus "accessible" to a kid with 20 IQ?

Sure, it's the law, but there are limits - limits that you will find with ANY school.[/quote]

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