How charter schools choose desirable students

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15. I'm of two minds on it.

It's a shitty thing to do for a number of reasons.

I also think sometimes counseling a kid into a different environment CAN make a real difference. We've had some failures trying to save kids that were determined to go down the wrong path. And we've also had students talk about how coming to our school saved their life.

I'd almost rather there is a second chance for people even though the law doesn't allow it. Sometimes moving them out of their current environment can work - but traditional neighborhood schools without open enrollment don't seem to have enough provisions for that.

It's really frustrating also to be a teacher, you've probably run into this, and have a good kid get expelled under zero tolerance laws.