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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]D.C. charter board rejects request from BASIS to expand, Washington Post 4-16-13.  It's too bad they're unable to expand but the truth is the truth the high withdrawal rate "raised concerns among board members about BASIS’s ability to serve all children".   They're not here to serve all children and perhaps the board should close the school.   
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No, BASIS is not here to serve all children.  Neither are a lot of other charter schools.  The point of the charter movement is serve the needs of children whose needs are not being met by traditional schools, not to serve the needs of all children.[/quote]

What school in DC does meet the needs of all children?  DCPS certainly doesn't, they have no G&T programs, they farm out special needs, they have atrocious dropout rates (far higher than BASIS attrition) and so on.  How is that meeting the needs of all children?  And the DCPS schools actually have a legal mandate to meet the needs of all children which they fail at, as opposed to charters, which by definition are intended to specialize (for example immersion).[/quote]

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