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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LAMB also used to (illegally) run a separate lottery for Spanish speakers. They had to stop when the charter board intervened, but that means that with sibling preference you still also have a lot of kids coming from the heavily populated Latino neighborhoods like Adams Morgan.[/quote]

Please point out the law or statute on this.  You have no clue of what you are talking about[/quote]

Not the poster you are responding to, but LAMB did have a form for spanish dominant applicants. This was maybe 2 years ago when I was interested in attending. [/quote]

Yes, because their approved charter allowed it. However, it was not "illegal" the charter school board asked them to amend it and they agreed.

Before you claim "illegal" you may want to actually read the statute. [/quote]

The law only allows two preferences - founder and sibling. Everything else is illegal. Other charter schools like YY have tried to get this changed to no avail.[/quote]

And to the LAMB booster who has asked for a link to the statute where this is illegal, here it is: http://www.dcpcsb.org/data/images/school%20reform%20act.pdf

From page 20:

"(c) Random selection. -- If there are more applications to enroll in a public charter school from
students who are residents of the District of Columbia than there are spaces available, students shall
be admitted using a random selection process, except that a preference in admission may be given to
an applicant who is a sibling of a student already attending or selected for admission to the public
charter school in which the applicant is seeking enrollment, or an applicant who is a child of a member
of the public charter school’s founding board, so long as enrollment of founders’ children is limited to
no more than 10% of the school’s total enrollment or to 20 students, whichever is less."

All the other language-based charter schools have abided by this to my knowledge, but LAMB had two lotteries for years. Even though they haven't for a few years, the demographics will stay the same for a good period of time because of sibling preference.[/quote]

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