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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Incredible.....I hope you're not in education....Let me remind you charter schools recieve public funding with tax dollars from all families (with kids of all different needs). Logic follows that charters are expected to serve the needs of all children.  Let me repeat that THE NEEDS OF ALL CHILDREN.  One more time ALL CHILDREN. It's people like you who back in the day supported Plessy v. Ferguson.  Pick up a history book and find out how it turned out for those like you.   [/quote]

Pp: you cannot possibly be arguing that public funds can't go to a school that meets the needs of every single child. Because that is obviously, demonstrably not true.  Is Ellington meant to meet every child's needs? What about Prospect Learning Center?   The school system as a whole is held to that standard ( not that DCPS fulfills the standard), not individual schools. It seems that the Charter Sector as a whole does a pretty good job of doing that.[/quote]

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