This has been happening in DC for years.

Anonymous wrote:

Don't forget the part where they keep the "got to go" kids until count day so they can keep the funds for the whole year, and THEN show them the door.

This sounds like fraud/ misuse of public funds. For someone more expert in the law in this area, would there be a case against this school?

As I understand it, this is the standard operating procedure for many charter schools.

Throwing chairs? Hurting other students? Got to go.

Right before standardized testing is often also a time of the year when suddenly children become "not a good fit".

Don't forget the part where they keep the "got to go" kids until count day so they can keep the funds for the whole year, and THEN show them the door.

This sounds like fraud/ misuse of public funds. For someone more expert in the law in this area, would there be a case against this school?

Don't forget the part where they keep the "got to go" kids until count day so they can keep the funds for the whole year, and THEN show them the door.

As a taxpayer and supporter of public schools I am outraged that Charter Schools weed out the worst behaved students while taking the cream of the crop. Then the Charter Schools gloat about how well they do. On the other hand I really feel for the well-behaved, poor inner city students whose parents are trying to get their kids a good education. They don't have the money for private school and can't afford to move. They have a right to an education without disruptive kids spitting, throwing pencils and snow globes in the class, hitting, biting, running in and out of the classroom, and screaming as the "got to go" kids were doing on a very frequent basis. It was a win for those kids and parents who wanted a better education. How long would most DCUM readers who have kids keep them in a school where there were so many disruptive kids? I certainly would pull my kid out and pay for a private school. T

This is my problem with charters. If you allow the charters to siphon public funds away from the core public school system and then weed out the students that take work to teach, the remaining public schools become a dumping ground that will hard pressed to serve anyone. Eff that. If these master educators really have all the answers, put them on contract to advise the public schools on curriculum and best practices. But they don't have all the answers, especially as their number one best practice is "select the students who are easy to teach"

I have an active seven year old who was no prince in kindergarten. Now, because I'm in a very good public school system in a rich area and I am educated and white, there was never any question that they would try to railroad my kid or me into anything. They figured out how to deal with my wiggly boy and others like him. They had no choice, but they also understood that this was their responsibility.

Wow. Just Wow.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I wonder how the reporters got hold of this document:

"At Success Academy Fort Greene, the same day that Ms. Ogundiran heard from the principal, her daughter’s name was one of 16 placed on a list drawn up at his direction and shared by school leaders.
The heading on the list was “Got to Go.”

I thought they got it from teachers at the school?

People have known that this was going on for years.

I cannot begin to imagine suspending a first grader 19 times in one year. Horrible.

If the kids needed special education environments, then Success should have developed IEPs. If they couldn't be educated there, Success should be paying their tuition at special education private schools.

Not keeping her hands folded in her lap? WTF?

Wow. I wonder how the reporters got hold of this document:

"At Success Academy Fort Greene, the same day that Ms. Ogundiran heard from the principal, her daughter’s name was one of 16 placed on a list drawn up at his direction and shared by school leaders.
The heading on the list was “Got to Go.”