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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Usually at risk kids are placed in schools through social services or guardians ad litum, not parents. And I'm pretty sure they can be and are placed without the lottery, at least in some cases, through the Student Placement Office.[/quote]

I've heard of spots reserved in DCPS for those types of placements.  Is the same true for Charter schools?[/quote]

DCPS has a lot more funding, resources and services available to support those kinds of placements than the charters do.  [/quote]

But charter schools have innovation - I thought that's what they said matters.  Are you saying now that a centralized system is better??[/quote]

Not the PP.

Firstly, to my understanding, not all "at risk" kids can simply be placed in whatever school by social services. Early Stages can place students in schools that meet their needs, but Early Stages is DCPS. Students designated as homeless have special educational protections, including placement in schools, but it's not just any school. Usually it's whatever school they were in before they became homeless, or whatever school is closest to where they're actually living. I am not sure exactly what rules apply to foster kids, but I'd imagine that they are similar to the rules that apply to kids who are homeless.

I would love if charter schools were placement options for kids with these needs. There are some charter schools that are particularly good at working with special needs children, for example. [/quote]

The DC charter law doesn't allow ANYONE to be admitted to a charter except via the lottery -- unless there are vacancies in which case kids with issues could take the slots.

Some charters tried establish a 'special needs preference' for the lottery and so far no one has been able to figure out a way to do it legally. [/quote]

PP here. Thanks for this. That was what I thought as well. I guess that each school would have to file an amendment for their individual charter if they wanted to set aside a seat for an Early Stages-esque placement, right? I know that DCPS's Early Childhood classes are capped at a certain level, with an Early Stages seat set aside that can only be filled with a non-Early Stages kid with the permission of Early Stages itself. But because every charter is its own LEA, they'd all have to opt in, right?[/quote]

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