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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][b]AZ Basis mom here.  Just to clarify a few things:  my oldest kid entered Basis in 7th grade.  They were tested in the summer before 7th using the 6th grade math and language arts comprehensive exams.  They passed with no issues, and it was assumed that they’d be able to jump in and handle all of the other subjects.  If they had not passed, they would have entered in 6th grade.  Basis is not placing kids multiple grade levels below their proper grade.  It’s really common out here for kids to enter Basis after 5th.  [/b][/b]

Also, it’s hardly a fringe educational program.  If anything, most public school programs are fringe with their educational fad of the week and excessive screen time.  My kids’ school feels much more like a 1980s-ish traditional education, with textbooks, note taking by hand, exams, homework, minimal grade inflation, and minimal tech.  It’s the opposite of being fringe.  [/quote]

This is not allowed in DC. [/quote]

Please reference the legislation, rule, act etc that states this is not allowed in DC. [/quote]

Here you go:

https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-1802.06

(b) Criteria for admission. — A public charter school may not limit enrollment on the basis of a student’s race, color, religion, national origin, language spoken, intellectual or athletic ability,[b] measures of achievement or aptitude[/b], or status as a student with special needs. A public charter school may limit enrollment to specific grade levels.[/quote]

You are misinterpreting the rule. You can't limit enrollment in the school on the basis of the factors listed. That has nothing to do with placement in a grade or program within the school. Also, most of the times when it is stated that this is "not allowed", the poster says it is not allowed by the charter board. Neither the charter board nor DC code restrict placement in a grade by public charter schools.

It's odd that this keeps coming up when BASIS has a strategy that seems to work. Is this just a way of answering the BASIS haters by saying it's not the fault of BASIS that it doesn't backfill?[/quote]

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