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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what are the longest waitlists?

I see LAMB, MVP, and Yu Ying as over 400 for PK3.

The usual suspects are still having long WL. Also MVP does not seem very damaged by the issues debated on here or the unionization etc. [/quote]

Exactly.  But you know the DCPS parents love to bash charters overall because of their own insecurities with their schools.  [/quote]

No, we criticize charters mainly because the charter lottery system is ridiculous, we don't like how families drive all over town to access charters (contributing to pollution and clogging the roads), we don't like how charter teachers can't unionize, and how charter parent associations effectively have no power.

Case in point.  Our neighbor's child would be perfect for BASIS - she's super diligent, a real math whiz with little interest in sports or music.  But she's in the 200s on the BASIS 5th grade WL with effectively no shot of getting in.  The family will stay at their DCPS for 5th grade, then move. Meanwhile, in the DC burbs, Boston, NYC, Miami, Chicago, Dallas etc. a kid like that could test into an excellent 6th-12th grade STEM magnet program.

Another case in point:  In my state, MA, the local Mandarin immersion charter school has run an admissions lottery for native speakers for the last 15 years with no interference whatsoever from the US Dept. of Ed.  The school actively recruits native speakers: and enrolls a sizeable cohort, roughly 30% of students.  Meanwhile, at YY, not even 1% of the students mainly speak Chinese at home.  At DCI on the "advanced Chinese track" it's been 0% from the get go.

Best practices in education?   Not in our charter system.
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Oh give it a rest Mandarin family OK.  You post the same thing on every thread about native speakers.  It’s getting real old.

The underlying problem is DCPS, not charters.  The majority of DCPS schools stink, they cater to the lowest common denominator and could care less about the higher performing kids.  Hence the family you know who did not get into Basis will move.  If DCPS got their act together and challenged the higher performing kids, many people would not go for charters and go to their neighborhood schools.
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