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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all, I GUARANTEE you there was a lot more going on than "she wouldn't keep her hands folded in her lap."  GUARANTEE IT 110%.  It's an attack piece on charters (and yes, there is an anti-charter agenda) and I wager they are not telling the full story.

Now, let's take a step back and look at the fundamentals here.

Bet you dollars to donuts that the kids that are acting out and/or struggling with the curriculum DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE CHARTER.  So why force it?  And why freak out about the fact that they are going back to the regular school?

As for special needs, why try and force a kid with special needs into a charter system that is far less well resourced and staffed for dealing with special needs than the regular school system is?[/quote]

Aren't charters schools public schools?  Why don't they serve all who get in through the lottery process just like neighborhood schools serve all who live IB?  Why shouldn't they have to work with disruptive students? Why shouldn't they develop programs for SN kids just like the regular public schools? Why shouldn't they have to fill their empty seats throughout the year just as traditional public schools take new students throughout the year?  Are charters really public schools? [/quote]

That's not answering the core question or addressing the core reality here.  Point is, you have a CHOICE.  And, given a choice between school a, b, c, d, e, f, g... and the kid is currently at school b but really really does not want to be at school b and as a result is acting out and being disruptive, why do you want to continue to force that kid to go to school b?  Can you answer me that?

And as for developing programs for SN kids, FINE - then PAY THEM TO DO THAT.  Currently DCPS has vastly more budget per SN student than is allocated to charters.  VASTLY more.  And most of the reason for that is that DCPS outsources the worst-case SN students - there's no funding or budget available to charters for doing that as an example.  There are HUGE differentials in terms of what is allocated to DCPS schools versus what is allocated to charters - and that's not even getting into facilities and all of the other stuff.[/quote]

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