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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]However, you feel about the author, this blog post raises a lot of legitimate concerns.  Please help to ensure that this matter is properly looked into.  I have a middle-schooler at a MS/HS charter school, and it's worrying that there is no real oversight/accountability on the charter side.  It puts so much on the parents to investigate and be on top of, and I, for one, can't do it.  I need my Mayor, DC Council, PCSB and OSSE to be on top of this!

https://educationdc.net/2018/01/20/come-on-city-leaders-do-the-right-thing-fully-investigate-all-our-dc-high-schools/[/quote]

Do you guys realize that OSSE produces equity reports where the in-school attendance rate is reported for every school? Do you also realize that the charters have those rates counted in their PCSB report cards? If you look at the equity report for Ballou, for example, the attendance rate is 63.5%. The attendance rate for Thurgood is 92%. Like it or not, perhaps the fact that the PCSB puts a score and tier on everything is the reason that attendance is better at charters? I also would call that pretty strong accountability and oversight. If a charter doesn't have a good report card score, the PCSB will close them. Having good attendance is part of getting a good score. 
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Please, the type of students who are majority students are hardly likely to be the ones signing up to go to a charter school are they? You know how many students from Charters are sent back to their neighborhood schools, do you think Basis would put up with this foolishness and likewise the application DCPS schools! Send all the truants to Charters and see what happens![/quote]

Angry much? [/quote]

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