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http://www.capecodtoday.com/news/headlines/2012/05/23/mashpee-attacks-sturgis-as-school-compet

"Mashpee Attacks Sturgis as School Competition Heats Up"

     In this article, it is discussed how a member of the Mashpee School Committee and board member on the Cape Cod Collaborative claims that Sturgis "cherry-picks" its students, resulting in the school's success. The article then takes Mr. Heiser's response to the email that David Bloomberg, the Mashpee School Committee member, sent in to Cape Cod Today. Mr. Hesier takes each of Bloomberg's assertions about Sturgis and analyses them one at a time, bit by bit. Bloomberg claims that Sturgis offers the applications of the better students from each middle school in the region, trying to boost its scores. He claims that this goes against the law of public school acceptance. Heiser returns the argument that the only kids that have a chance of acceptance at Sturgis are the ones who choose to apply, no application is suggested or specifically given to a child. He also says that it is common for the kids that apply to Sturgis tend to be more academically inclined because of the rigor at Sturgis when hitting the junior and seniors years. But on the other hand, there are also programs for kids with learning disabilities and not all students succeed at a high level like assumed by other schools in the region.
     A knowledge issue that could be created based on this article is whether or not the assumptions made by the board members in the public school system on Cape Cod reflects on who and how many people apply to Sturgis Public Charter School. Another is whether or not the overall success of the students in Sturgis creates controversy throughout Cape Cod school systems.