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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

Sure made a lot of 5th grade offers this year....

Can anyone fill me in on why BASIS makes so many more 5th grade lottery offers than Latin does? Thanks.

Because most parents don't want to send their kids to a pressure cooker school with no library or gym?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

Sure made a lot of 5th grade offers this year....

Can anyone fill me in on why BASIS makes so many more 5th grade lottery offers than Latin does? Thanks.

Because most parents don't want to send their kids to a pressure cooker school with no library or gym?

NP. I have a high performing kid. Will add very narrow and rigid curriculum. Too much emphasis on test taking and AP. Pointless to cram a ton of AP to then have a wasted senior year. Limited sports, clubs, EC

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.

You first

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS.

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights?

A rising 9th grader, enrolling as a new student? Neither.

Disingenuous much? If you're going into fifth grade and you have the right lottery number, BASIS doesnt care where you live or how poor you are. That's a different universe from how WOTP schools operate.

Right, they only care if you're below grade level and will push you out. Unlike Ward 3 schools, who will continue to serve the child in an age-appropriate setting.

Is reading Animal Farm in 12th grade age appropriate?

I think everyone with half a brain understands that going to BASIS is perhaps a bit like going to MIT. It's not going to be fun, and you're going to miss out on a lot of normal kid stuff, but on the other hand, you'll get a terrific education.

MIT can be fun. Some of their frat parties can be nuts and attract kids from neighboring schools. They also offer every NCAA sport and win D3 championships in a number of sports.

I don’t think there is a US college you can compare to BASIS because no US college believe an absence of sports, clubs and all kinds of other non-academic activities makes for a great college experience.

You are misinformed.

BASIS is a small school but has plenty of sports, clubs, and non-academic activities.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.

You first

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS.

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights?

A rising 9th grader, enrolling as a new student? Neither.

Disingenuous much? If you're going into fifth grade and you have the right lottery number, BASIS doesnt care where you live or how poor you are. That's a different universe from how WOTP schools operate.

Right, they only care if you're below grade level and will push you out. Unlike Ward 3 schools, who will continue to serve the child in an age-appropriate setting.

Is reading Animal Farm in 12th grade age appropriate?

I think everyone with half a brain understands that going to BASIS is perhaps a bit like going to MIT. It's not going to be fun, and you're going to miss out on a lot of normal kid stuff, but on the other hand, you'll get a terrific education.

Is being 17 in the 6th grade age appropriate? Because that's what BASIS is offering to some students. And that's why people leave.

lol.

Uh, no, that doesn’t happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.

You first

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS.

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights?

A rising 9th grader, enrolling as a new student? Neither.

Disingenuous much? If you're going into fifth grade and you have the right lottery number, BASIS doesnt care where you live or how poor you are. That's a different universe from how WOTP schools operate.

Right, they only care if you're below grade level and will push you out. Unlike Ward 3 schools, who will continue to serve the child in an age-appropriate setting.

Is reading Animal Farm in 12th grade age appropriate?

I think everyone with half a brain understands that going to BASIS is perhaps a bit like going to MIT. It's not going to be fun, and you're going to miss out on a lot of normal kid stuff, but on the other hand, you'll get a terrific education.

MIT can be fun. Some of their frat parties can be nuts and attract kids from neighboring schools. They also offer every NCAA sport and win D3 championships in a number of sports.

I don’t think there is a US college you can compare to BASIS because no US college believe an absence of sports, clubs and all kinds of other non-academic activities makes for a great college experience.

You are misinformed.

BASIS is a small school but has plenty of sports, clubs, and non-academic activities.

Yes this is important to correct.

Until we got there, bc of this forum, I didn't realize that they have a full slate of sports and clubs after school. Track, xcountry, baseball, soccer, basketball etc etc. they have teams and play other schools, just like everyone else! They even win sometimes! They just go practice elsewhere.

False information needs to be called out, people use this forum to make actual decisions!

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.

You first

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS.

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights?

A rising 9th grader, enrolling as a new student? Neither.

Disingenuous much? If you're going into fifth grade and you have the right lottery number, BASIS doesnt care where you live or how poor you are. That's a different universe from how WOTP schools operate.

Right, they only care if you're below grade level and will push you out. Unlike Ward 3 schools, who will continue to serve the child in an age-appropriate setting.

Is reading Animal Farm in 12th grade age appropriate?

I think everyone with half a brain understands that going to BASIS is perhaps a bit like going to MIT. It's not going to be fun, and you're going to miss out on a lot of normal kid stuff, but on the other hand, you'll get a terrific education.

Is being 17 in the 6th grade age appropriate? Because that's what BASIS is offering to some students. And that's why people leave.

lol.

Uh, no, that doesn’t happen.

So now Basis is engaged in social promotion?

The only reason Basis doesn’t have 17 year olds in 6th grade is that when Basis fails to educate its own students, it then sends them away for some other school to deal with. Standing on its own, the Basis model calls for 17 year olds in 6th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

The arrogance of BASIS posters to call all the other schools in the city "steaming piles of shit" is why people hate to see them coming. Maybe try appreciating what other schools add to the DC ecosystem. There are good and even excellent schools on both sides of the park. Basis is not the only or even, necessarily, the best middle school or high school. Finding the best fit for each kid is the goal. Why not acknowledge that BASIS is a good fit for some, and not for others. For this reason it's a GOOD thing that many different schools are available to educate our students.

Again, arrogant BASIS posters provoke a negative reaction from parents at other schools. This should not be a surprise to anyone.

THIS. So tiring all the Basis booster threads in the past few months. Just stop.

is the waitlist moving a lot and why the families need to do this?

No, it's because defensive BASIS boosters know their school is mid so they never miss an opportunity to push their talking points.

Don’t want to be mean but Latin is mid. Its biggest positive is that white kids go there.

Have you been to Latin? It's like someone said "what if there was a middle and high school in Washington DC that looked like a small private college in New England?" Yeah, real mid.

Because appearance is everything? This is exactly what I’m saying. Latin attracts parents who care about what looks good and don’t bother digging into specifics. It’s mediocre but if you want to delude yourself into thinking that looking like a small private college means your child is getting a quality education than more power to you.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we please stop discussing BASIS? absolutely everything that needs to be said about the school has been said.

There are so many more schools to discuss. What about McKinley Tech, which is now #5 and has seen a huge jump in test scores this year?

I'd probably put Latin ahead of Banneker.

There is no dcps that is better than a charter in this city. Sorry. Walls used to be the exception, but now it’s full of kids with below grade level test scores with a 4.0 gpa from a bad middle school. Pass.

Walls is the highest ranked HS in DC…by a pretty wide margin.

This ranking is based on data from a few years ago. And also I’m not super interested in what the us news knows since I have actual knowledge that they’re dumbing down the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Top 6 public high schools in DC are:

1) SWW
2) BASIS DC
3) Banneker
4) Latin
5) McKinley
6) DCI

SWW was ranked #69 of all public high schools in the US, and BASIS DC was ranked #139 best public high school in the US and #33 best charter school in the US.

BASIS had 11 schools in the top 100 best public high schools in the US, including the #1 best public high school in the country (TJ sunk to #5).

Congrats to all the schools!

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search?state-urlname=district-of-columbia&ranked=true

If you look at the historical trajectory of the USN&WR rankings, BASIS DC has rocketed to near the top of DC public schools relatively quickly (the BASIS DC middle school is currently ranked #1 in DC). Latin and DCI high schools have also moved up, and Duke, McKinley, and Banneker have slid down.

BASIS DC was only started in DC in 2012.

In 2013, the top 4 public high schools were:

1) Walls
2) Banneker
3) Duke
4) McKinley

In 2020, the top 4 public high schools were:

1) Walls
2) Banneker
3) BASIS DC
4) McKinley

In 2025, the top 4 public high schools were:

1) Walls
2) BASIS DC
3) Banneker
4) Latin

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.

You first

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS.

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights?

A rising 9th grader, enrolling as a new student? Neither.

Disingenuous much? If you're going into fifth grade and you have the right lottery number, BASIS doesnt care where you live or how poor you are. That's a different universe from how WOTP schools operate.

Right, they only care if you're below grade level and will push you out. Unlike Ward 3 schools, who will continue to serve the child in an age-appropriate setting.

Is reading Animal Farm in 12th grade age appropriate?

I think everyone with half a brain understands that going to BASIS is perhaps a bit like going to MIT. It's not going to be fun, and you're going to miss out on a lot of normal kid stuff, but on the other hand, you'll get a terrific education.

MIT can be fun. Some of their frat parties can be nuts and attract kids from neighboring schools. They also offer every NCAA sport and win D3 championships in a number of sports.

I don’t think there is a US college you can compare to BASIS because no US college believe an absence of sports, clubs and all kinds of other non-academic activities makes for a great college experience.

You are misinformed.

BASIS is a small school but has plenty of sports, clubs, and non-academic activities.

What sports playing who? You noticed I said MIT wins championships right and they offer every NCAA sport.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we please stop discussing BASIS? absolutely everything that needs to be said about the school has been said.

There are so many more schools to discuss. What about McKinley Tech, which is now #5 and has seen a huge jump in test scores this year?

I'd probably put Latin ahead of Banneker.

There is no dcps that is better than a charter in this city. Sorry. Walls used to be the exception, but now it’s full of kids with below grade level test scores with a 4.0 gpa from a bad middle school. Pass.

Walls is the highest ranked HS in DC…by a pretty wide margin.

This ranking is based on data from a few years ago. And also I’m not super interested in what the us news knows since I have actual knowledge that they’re dumbing down the school.

Well…your shitty anecdotal knowledge isn’t worth really anything. The whole basis of the thread is the USNews rankings and just pointing out that Walls is #1 in DC by a wide margin.

Heck, it’s ranked as the 69th best HS in the entire US.

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Anonymous wrote:Top 6 public high schools in DC are:

1) SWW
2) BASIS DC
3) Banneker
4) Latin
5) McKinley
6) DCI

SWW was ranked #69 of all public high schools in the US, and BASIS DC was ranked #139 best public high school in the US and #33 best charter school in the US.

BASIS had 11 schools in the top 100 best public high schools in the US, including the #1 best public high school in the country (TJ sunk to #5).

Congrats to all the schools!

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search?state-urlname=district-of-columbia&ranked=true

If you look at the historical trajectory of the USN&WR rankings, BASIS DC has rocketed to near the top of DC public schools relatively quickly (the BASIS DC middle school is currently ranked #1 in DC). Latin and DCI high schools have also moved up, and Duke, McKinley, and Banneker have slid down.

BASIS DC was only started in DC in 2012.

In 2013, the top 4 public high schools were:

1) Walls
2) Banneker
3) Duke
4) McKinley

In 2020, the top 4 public high schools were:

1) Walls
2) Banneker
3) BASIS DC
4) McKinley

In 2025, the top 4 public high schools were:

1) Walls
2) BASIS DC
3) Banneker
4) Latin

If the %age of a school taking AP is a major determinant of the rankings…and you make 100% of the school take AP…well what other result would you expect?

USNews isn’t using anything approximating what they use for college rankings.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there's lots of WOTP mommies on this thread who are unhappy to learn that the best high schools in the city are not...west of the park.

Yeah this has devolved basically into a thread of people unhappy their kid didn't get into Walls and that Black kids may be getting an ok education without their saviorism.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.

You first

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS.

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights?

A rising 9th grader, enrolling as a new student? Neither.

Disingenuous much? If you're going into fifth grade and you have the right lottery number, BASIS doesnt care where you live or how poor you are. That's a different universe from how WOTP schools operate.

Right, they only care if you're below grade level and will push you out. Unlike Ward 3 schools, who will continue to serve the child in an age-appropriate setting.

Is reading Animal Farm in 12th grade age appropriate?

I think everyone with half a brain understands that going to BASIS is perhaps a bit like going to MIT. It's not going to be fun, and you're going to miss out on a lot of normal kid stuff, but on the other hand, you'll get a terrific education.

Is being 17 in the 6th grade age appropriate? Because that's what BASIS is offering to some students. And that's why people leave.

lol.

Uh, no, that doesn’t happen.

So now Basis is engaged in social promotion?

The only reason Basis doesn’t have 17 year olds in 6th grade is that when Basis fails to educate its own students, it then sends them away for some other school to deal with. Standing on its own, the Basis model calls for 17 year olds in 6th grade.

Ok, so you're admitting that you were lying. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.

Really? Name one.

Every bilingual school in the city?

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.

The arrogance of BASIS posters to call all the other schools in the city "steaming piles of shit" is why people hate to see them coming. Maybe try appreciating what other schools add to the DC ecosystem. There are good and even excellent schools on both sides of the park. Basis is not the only or even, necessarily, the best middle school or high school. Finding the best fit for each kid is the goal. Why not acknowledge that BASIS is a good fit for some, and not for others. For this reason it's a GOOD thing that many different schools are available to educate our students.

Again, arrogant BASIS posters provoke a negative reaction from parents at other schools. This should not be a surprise to anyone.

THIS. So tiring all the Basis booster threads in the past few months. Just stop.

is the waitlist moving a lot and why the families need to do this?

No, it's because defensive BASIS boosters know their school is mid so they never miss an opportunity to push their talking points.

Don’t want to be mean but Latin is mid. Its biggest positive is that white kids go there.

Have you been to Latin? It's like someone said "what if there was a middle and high school in Washington DC that looked like a small private college in New England?" Yeah, real mid.

Because appearance is everything? This is exactly what I’m saying. Latin attracts parents who care about what looks good and don’t bother digging into specifics. It’s mediocre but if you want to delude yourself into thinking that looking like a small private college means your child is getting a quality education than more power to you.

Princeton and MIT and Northwestern and Cornell seem happy with them.