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[quote=Anonymous]Issues that are DC-specific:

-lack of coordination between DC public charter school board & DCPS with regard to siting of schools
-priority for charters to get facilities
-gaming of the per pupil formula as other PPs mentioned (including a student in the head count that takes place in Oct & then pushing the student out once funds secured)
-inability of DCPS schools to refuse any student -- eg double standard such that PCS can enforce behavior/attendance etc standards with families that DCPS cannot
-each charter school in DC is legally considered its own LEA (local education agency) which in practical terms means they are independent nonprofits which can fundraise as a peer entity with a school district like, say, DCPS. Parallel entities (like an individual DCPS school) lack the ability to fundraise like this - raises real equity issues.
-not unique to charters since DCPS has been guilty of this as well but charters notoriously claim 100% graduation rates for dwindling classes after pushing students out
-other folks have covered SpEd differences
-teachers are paid less but sometimes still stick it out in charters bz they can have more autonomy/creativity (this is a plus for teachers but I wish they had the protections that a union would provide)

All in all, I am cautiously supportive of charters in DC but think there should be much more coordination of the sectors so that the existence of charters is not detracting from the public school system that is legally required to educate the students left behind.[/quote]

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