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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The two white families transferred opted out and left the school. Given the option, I would transfer my child out as well, if for no other reason to avoid people like you. [/b]

Oh come on, don't lower the tone in a thoughtful conversation by getting petty.  The PP made a factual statement about an issue that's a sore point with DC Charter, because nobody saw it coming at YY's founding as much as anything else.  We're talking about the lengths charters must go to in order to keep kids who struggle, like it or not.  The matter at hand is whether or not BASIS alone will be allowed to make it almost impossible for struggling kids to return from one year to the next.  It's an open question and a very interesting subject.

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No, no and triple no.  The PP implied that only Black students were placed in the non-immersion spots at Yu Ying.  That is factually incorrect.  There were white students who were also failing and thus placed in the non-immersion track.  Their parents chose to pull them out of the school altogether.  Some of the Black parents made the same choice.  The students who remained happened to all be Black, but Blacks were not the only ones placed in the second track.  [b]If PP wanted to talk about the lengths charters extend to keep children who struggle in the school, there was absolutely no need, no need at all to bring race into the topic[/b].    [/quote]

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