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[quote=Anonymous]PP: I have worked in a number of charter schools, both start-up charters, established charters, highly-regarded schools and not so highly-regarded schools. I have never seen or heard of (and I keep fairly abreast with DC Education News) that level of mid-year attrition. It does make me wonder why so many students are leaving?

I would argue that any student/family that signed up for BASIS was well aware of what they were getting themselves into. It is clear to anyone who does even the slightest bit of research that they do not socially promote students, are seeking to offer a "gifted" option for DC students, etc. If they weren't willing to do the work why would they enroll?

I can't say with certainty that they are not meeting the needs of all of their students because I am not there every day seeing the work of their teachers. However, I do know when they decided to open a charter school in DC that they committed to doing so. Hopefully they are actively seeking out information as to why students are leaving and working to mend those problems. I would love to see DC add another high quality school to the mix- I just don't think that high quality school should be reserved for only a select group of students.

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