Meeting re BASIS DC wanting to expand to PK-4th

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently no one on this thread went to the info session last week.


I don't think BASIS should be given permission until they do something about their attrition rate, because Olga Block said the attrition between 8th and 9th in the BASIS model consisted of students who were not "college bound," and here that is definitely NOT the case, we are having atypical attrition (assuming she was telling the truth) so again, DC is different. Until BASIS can stem a little of the profound exodus to Walls and Wilson, and prove to be a viable high school, the Charter Board should not accept what is surely going to be anothery pyramid model, this time in an elementary school. Because BASIS already knows they can refill the ranks in 5th grade. There are quite a few kids who choose BASIS over Deal, at least initially. But what happens at the best BASIS schools does not apply here, because we are not being run like one of the best BASIS schools.

You said all that needed to be said regarding topic.

Is it attrition to have students only using BASIS as a middle school or is it a commentary on the sad state of middle schools in DC? Not everyone in NW is IB for Deal. And a lot of families want Walls and a path to get there through rigorous class offerings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently no one on this thread went to the info session last week.


I don't think BASIS should be given permission until they do something about their attrition rate, because Olga Block said the attrition between 8th and 9th in the BASIS model consisted of students who were not "college bound," and here that is definitely NOT the case, we are having atypical attrition (assuming she was telling the truth) so again, DC is different. Until BASIS can stem a little of the profound exodus to Walls and Wilson, and prove to be a viable high school, the Charter Board should not accept what is surely going to be anothery pyramid model, this time in an elementary school. Because BASIS already knows they can refill the ranks in 5th grade. There are quite a few kids who choose BASIS over Deal, at least initially. But what happens at the best BASIS schools does not apply here, because we are not being run like one of the best BASIS schools.

You said all that needed to be said regarding topic.

Is it attrition to have students only using BASIS as a middle school or is it a commentary on the sad state of middle schools in DC? Not everyone in NW is IB for Deal. And a lot of families want Walls and a path to get there through rigorous class offerings.

I have to agree with this.

Similar pattern happened at Latin for first 7-8 years of its 10-year history. Most students attended through 8th and left for other high school offerings. Now that they have graduated some 12th graders, placed them in colleges and have a better facility, most families are staying for high school. Was that a pyramid scheme too?

The attrition the DCPCSB should be most concerned about is if there is significant attrition after 5th, 6th and/or 7th.

[Anonymous]

Why isn't DCPS concerned about it's 4-5-6th grade attrition? Families won't leave for BASIS and Latin if there were more than 1 good MS and 2 fair MS.