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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree.

For the charter sector, what it means is that a school has to make the effort to help all students succeed. There are no guarantees and stating that students have a right to "free apprpriate public education' is not hte same as saying that all students must graduate with 3.0 average, or pass at all.

But refusing to hire learning specialists, not dedicating a room for students to work with said specialists, and telling parents that they didn't 'believe' that students had a disability -- things BASIS did in its first two years -- is not allowed in a public school, charter or traditional.

DCPS has much more ability to do what you say you are seeking but they don't do it at the middle school level. Magnet schools with test-in admissions or applications can exist within an LEA, so long as there are also schools that meet the needs of anyone who enrolls.

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Sorry but DCPS has demonstrated zero ability to provide anything similar to what BASIS provides and I have no expectation that they ever will.  The issues you discuss with regards to specialists are issues BASIS acknowledged in the hearing and seemed to have been resolved some time ago.  As best as I can tell, many charters struggle with this in their early years.  My perception is the hostility towards BASIS extends far beyond these issues and is a reaction against many of the very same policies you say are perfectly allowable.  Simply read some of the earlier comments in the thread and you will see this is true.
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