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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These thorny issues should be addressed in the public domain BEFORE BASIS DC OPENS.  Parents should be told if the school is going to be a new breed, a charter catering as much to U middleclass families as low and moderate income.  There's no whitewashing the issue in the city with the biggest black-white achievement gap.  Quality of graduates in upper grades could be maintaned by replacing dropouts with area teens who could perform to the BASIS standard.   But is the DC Charter Board open to supporting the city's first majority white/Asian high school?  Is BASIS open to that?  [b]Public and franchise officials should answer these politically vexing questions. [/b] If the answer is no, the result on the college admissions front may still be more inspiring than at SWW, Wilson, Banneker and Latin in 6-10 years.[/quote]

Problem is that Basis, the DCCSB & the pols have already bought themselves a decade to duck these inconvenient truths.  If Basis gets a high school, with the first half dozen graduating classes, the powers that be will be able to pass the buck by arguing, hey, the school didn't have these kids from 5th grade.  Eventually, a mayor and city council with more a vision for the system will probably let charters tweak admissions policies, within reason.  Too long a wait for parents.  [/quote]

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