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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS has announced they're doing an equitable access preference.  The email makes it sound like they will be admitting equitable access students in ALL GRADES (5-12): "We plan to reserve a certain number of spots for at-risk students entering grades 5-12."

I personally don't love this.  Underperforming disruptive students are already a problem at BASIS.  BASIS is successful because those students are weeded out.  This seems like yet another school that will be ruined in the name of "equity."  [/quote]

It is a public school funded with taxpayer dollars yes?

Your “not loving it” is immaterial. [/quote]

That's a lazy take. Or are you also in favor of JKLM, Brent and every other DCPS school having to set aside EA seats? I mean, those are publicly funded too, right?[/quote]

Are they neighborhood schools or magnet/charter schools? [/quote]

I think you'll find a lot of people are in favor of this. And some DCPS schools do have EA seats already. MacArthur for example. Also, many DCPS schools have self-contained classrooms for students with special needs, which are disproportionately enrolled with EA-eligible students. It's just that the placements aren't done through the regular lottery so you wouldn't see it in the EA data. Would BASIS consider offering any of this special programming? Since they care so much about students with special needs, right?

https://dcps.dc.gov/page/dcps-equitable-access-designated-seats

https://dcpsspecialed.wixsite.com/home/self-contained-feeder-patterns[/quote]

That's a lot of words. Seems like you want people to believe JKLM, Brent other highly sought after schools participate. I assume you know they don't and thought we wouldn't notice. If you want to do have an honest discussion then lets have it. The DCPS schools opting in for 23-24 ae posted below. Weird, I don't see JKLM, Brent, Deal or JR on the list (MacArthur is and so is SWS-Goding to their credit.) BASIS opts in for 23-24 and somehow that's not good enough?

Barnard Elementary School (neighborhood school) 
Garrison Elementary School (neighborhood school) 
H.D. Cooke Elementary School (neighborhood school) 
Van Ness Elementary School (neighborhood school) 
John Lewis (West) Elementary School (neighborhood school)

As I said in an earlier post, if BASIS cured cancer people like you would be here complaining that they didn't cure any other diseases. Or you'd pull apart the press release and say things like, "They may have cured cancer but they didn't want to, and even if they did, they didn't want to cure cancer for poor kids."

You and your people don't actually care about DC school kids or under served populations. It's white guilt and SJW at its finest. I honestly believe you'd prefer no underserved kids get a good education if it meant you could still stand on your soapbox and complain about the kids who didn't. You don't speak for the underserved or AA communities that you think you speak for.   [/quote]

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