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New DPS plan: Make some charter schools behave like neighborhoods schools, The Denver Post

Monday, November 09, 2009

Denver Public Schools officials today recommended sweeping changes to some of the district's lowest-performing schools — and a change in how charter schools operate.

District officials want three charter middle schools to become "boundary schools," which means they must accept every child in the neighborhood the schools serve.

The move could silence a long-running criticism about charters schools serving select groups of students.

The debate of charter schools vs. neighborhood schools became a focus of campaigns during Denver's recent school board election..

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