More than 2,500 charter-school seats go unfilled each year, even as nearly 50,000 students sit on waiting lists, according to a report issued this month.
Democracy Builders, a charter-affiliated group, chastised some schools for failing to adequately backfill, a process where students who depart schools are replaced by those on waitlists. According to its report, “No Seat Left Behind,” the 150 schools surveyed lost an average of 6 to 11 percent of their students each year from 2006 to 2014.
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