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[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. [b] BASIS is successful because those students are weeded out.  [/b]This seems like yet another school that will be ruined in the name of "equity."  [/quote]

It would be terrible if a school that operates with public money was actually [b]forced to serve the public.[/b]

Charter school parents, especially basis parents, complain about funding inequalities between charters and dcps, but then want their school to only accept the easiest students.[/quote]

This is a hollow phrase. Would you argue that Duke Ellington doesn't "serve the public" because it doesn't serve those without artistic inclination and ability? BASIS has a specific curriculum and approach. It isn't for everyone. Not everything has to be for everyone. People like you would have TJ and Bronx Science and Boston Latin lower standards in the name of...equity? No thanks.

Thankfully I think we've passed the point in DC where people like you were believed to speak for most parents. [/quote]

You assume at-risk kids aren’t smart enough for BASIS. You don’t want your kids’ school to make even this minimal effort because they may actually admit poor kids.  [/quote]

At-risk kids already have the same opportunity to attend basis as every other kid. The lottery is equality. [/quote]

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