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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

[Anonymous]

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?

Start a new thread, I think people would be very interested.

[Anonymous]

Isn't US News at this point just some guy in his basement? Kind of amazing how much influence its rankings still have.

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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?

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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.

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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.

And yet it's the people who hate BASIS who keep bringing the school up.

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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.

And yet it's the people who hate BASIS who keep bringing the school up.

It's not that I hate BASIS. I just want people to have an accurate understanding of what BASIS is and what it is not.

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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.

And yet it's the people who hate BASIS who keep bringing the school up.

It's not that I hate BASIS. I just want people to have an accurate understanding of what BASIS is and what it is not.

Thank you for your service. But the massive number of waitlist offers BASIS makes implies that people are well aware of what they would be getting into.

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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.

And yet it's the people who hate BASIS who keep bringing the school up.

Are you for real??? I have been following threads on here and no it’s Basis boosters who bring it up. Even on threads not related to Basis at all, they chime in and overtake it.

[Anonymous]

Basis better be good they only have 200+ kids 😆 (I say this as a basis middle school parent)

[Anonymous]

No dog in this fight but BASIS sounds AWESOME!

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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.