BASIS DC to open in 2012-2013

[Anonymous]

Yes!!!! Just tell me where and I would be happy to bring my kids to Anacostia for a good charter/magnet school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how Basis ranks in the future on the Advanced list.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/judging-schools-by-advanced-scores/2011/09/10/gIQAr2CRIK_blog.html

They'll have to recruit REALLY hard to get advanced students from the feeders/lower grades on this list to take a leap of faith on Basis. The school claims you don't need to be advanced or gifted to succeed at Basis. I hope it works, but I'd rather see tax money going to growing seats at these schools and intensive help for a handful of high-potential schools.

It just seems like there are unrealistic expectations from those craving "rigorous" schools and well-prepared, high performing classmates. Apparently there is unmet demand for advanced programs in places like Palisades, Upper NW, Brookland, Shaw, etc.

OK, but would these families drive their "advanced" students to Anacostia if that's the only space Basis could get? Be honest.

What makes any of us think that BASIS will buy anything less than the best real estate in the District?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how Basis ranks in the future on the Advanced list.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/judging-schools-by-advanced-scores/2011/09/10/gIQAr2CRIK_blog.html

They'll have to recruit REALLY hard to get advanced students from the feeders/lower grades on this list to take a leap of faith on Basis. The school claims you don't need to be advanced or gifted to succeed at Basis. I hope it works, but I'd rather see tax money going to growing seats at these schools and intensive help for a handful of high-potential schools.

It just seems like there are unrealistic expectations from those craving "rigorous" schools and well-prepared, high performing classmates. Apparently there is unmet demand for advanced programs in places like Palisades, Upper NW, Brookland, Shaw, etc.

OK, but would these families drive their "advanced" students to Anacostia if that's the only space Basis could get? Be honest.

What makes any of us think that BASIS will buy anything less than the best real estate in the District?

I'd like BASIS DC to land in Chinatown with some creative outdoor play space options.

[Anonymous]

Isn't BASIS for high school? Define "creative outdoor play space" for the high school set. What exactly does that look like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes!!!! Just tell me where and I would be happy to bring my kids to Anacostia for a good charter/magnet school.

From where roughly? I'm just a little skeptical at how many people in wards 2-4 who aren't the typical charter school demographic (AA and/or low income) would really go to Basis in the next 1-3 years (i.e. before it has measurable score trend) if it's not in NW.

[Anonymous]

This is pp. I am in Ward 6. If you really cared about your city and the rest of the children in it, you wouldn't lobby for ALL the excellent school options to land in your backyard. I hope you all in wards 2-4 open your minds and hearts a little. Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't BASIS for high school? Define "creative outdoor play space" for the high school set. What exactly does that look like?

Starts in 5th or 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't BASIS for high school? Define "creative outdoor play space" for the high school set. What exactly does that look like?

Starts in 5th or 6th grade.

Ladies, BASIS will have 5-8 in the first year and will go through high school thereafter so "creative outdoor play options" are important, I think. Can we be downtown in the very best real estate on the market and still have access to outdoor space? What are the logistics of that?

[Anonymous]

Any bets on basis rivaling yy for the most privileged and annoying boosters on this board?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is pp. I am in Ward 6. If you really cared about your city and the rest of the children in it, you wouldn't lobby for ALL the excellent school options to land in your backyard. I hope you all in wards 2-4 open your minds and hearts a little. Give me a break.

PP that's fair. I am totally uninterested in sending my child to BASIS, though I am interested in education and am following its evolution. That being said, I live in Ward 3 and I would selfishly prefer my kid attend a school that meets two criteria: safe walking in and out of the entrance and standing on the corner nearby; good access to public transportation routes. I'm not sure I could list which wWards, or neighborhoods within wards meet that criteria--but I would hope that when the school admin start scouting locations, that's where they focus.
I will never forget attending a mediocre Catholic school in DC in a 'relatively' safe neighborhood (so-so, in transition), when one of my classmates was shot as a passerby (non-fatally thank god) crossing the street to get to school. This was 5th grade. I don't even want that possibility for my child, or any of their classmates--no matter the Ward they come from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any bets on basis rivaling yy for the most privileged and annoying boosters on this board?

What's annoying about getting the best, most sought-after real estate and filling the school with the nation's best teachers? Has YY done that?

[Anonymous]

19:47, you have just made 17:57's point perfectly.

Maybe Yu Ying can be the feeder school to BASIS? Sounds like a perfect match.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:19:47, you have just made 17:57's point perfectly.

Maybe Yu Ying can be the feeder school to BASIS? Sounds like a perfect match.

Nah. We'll be doing private by then. Won't be doing uproven charters or public in the upper grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:19:47, you have just made 17:57's point perfectly.

Maybe Yu Ying can be the feeder school to BASIS? Sounds like a perfect match.

Nah. We'll be doing private by then. Won't be doing uproven charters or public in the upper grades.

There is nothing unproven about BASIS.

[Anonymous]

:36, you do realize these sorts of comments predispose us to hate this school. Right?