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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]he issue isn't that charter schools **exclude** every low income kid [/quote]

Complete falsehood, as has already been proven here several times over.  Charters throw their doors open to all who come, they have no control over the lottery or who applies. [/quote]

Nobody is arguing that charters exclude every low income kid.   Stop beating that strawman argument.

What people are saying is that [b]there are systematic issues with charters that result in them being morel likely to have a student body that contains high SES families and less less likely to take low SES families.   This happens even if charters follow all the rules - it is built into the system.   I want to be clear - in making this point, I am not accusing anyone of any wrongdoing.  I am saying the system has problems[/b], though there are some steps that can be taken to mitigate this impact

For example, what if every kid was automatically entered into the lottery for middle school charters, with teachers or counselors making choices for students whose parents are unwilling or unable to navigate the lottery system?  All parents would be presented with a choice:  your child can either attend [Charter they got into via the lottery] or [inbooundary middle school].  This mitigates all the problems of low-SES families being given access to the lottery.

Again, a middle school issue, but what if we required schools like Latin to either provide no bus service or consistent citywide bus service, and make it available free to low-income families?  That way Latin could not cherrypick by sending a bus to NW DC, but no bus to Wards 7 and 8.

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