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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think DCPS is doing a great job making progress considering that, unlike charters, they can't IN ANY way "cherry pick" students. Or "counsel them out". [/quote]

Out-of-boundary students can be sent back to their in-boundary school at the principal's discretion. Some principals use that power to "cherry pick" and "counsel out" students.[/quote]

[b]Technically, yes but at the elementary level this is rarely, if ever, done[/b]. Ive heard of it at Wilson in really egregious cases.

Dcps schools cannot cherry pick like the charters, not at all, especially with the new lottery system, its all very tightly controlled.[/quote]

Negative! It is done to students from Southeast who are attending schools OOB. Typically it is the result of attendance issues. The principal will use the reasoning that if they are having trouble getting to school (or getting to school on time) then you should be at their neighborhood school. And while on the surface it might sound logical there are sometimes circumstances that are extenuating. [/quote]

Right, and there is zero evidence that charters are any more or less likely than DCPS schools to do this.[/quote]

Actually charter are more likely to do it. It is typically written into the parent agreement that attendance issues are grounds for dismissal which results in these "kicked out" kids rolling back into DCPS schools and DCPS taking on the burden that the charters choose not to deal with yet continue to receive public funds. [/quote]

I'm a fan of charter schools (my kid goes to one of the HRCS), but PP makes sense to me.  I know my agreement says that late or no show arrival may jeopardize my kid's spot. I'm thrilled that it means that my kids will be surrounded by kids and parents who are committed and that the teachers won't have to divert resources to catch kids up, but I'm cognizant that this also means that public schools have to keep these kids. It's an interesting issue. But the other thing that I consider is that JKLM parents are probably not having to deal with these issues for their all IB populations, so this really is a demographic issue more than a DCPS issue. Which gives me comfort that my HRCS gives kids from low performing DCPS IB schools the opportunity to escape having to deal with the problems that DCPS IB schools can't avoid.

What I know for sure is that this is a nuanced issue. And that the "best" or most "fair" outcome is dependent oon where you live, what other options you have and your own situation.[/quote]

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