Does anyone know the status of the Proposed BASIS Expansion

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The board book is up. This will be the death knell to TR

What is the board book?

It's the materials for the PCSB board meeting. You can find it in the Events section of their website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The board book is up. This will be the death knell to TR

What is the board book?

It's the materials for the PCSB board meeting. You can find it in the Events section of their website.

Gotcha. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PCSB is voting tonight. BASIS kids are mostly white and not at-risk. The parents know how to play politics. So this should be an easy vote. The opposite of Eagle. A bunch of those students have basically disappeared after their school was closed at the last minute. This is the way PCSB does business I guess.

Amen! Separate. Not equal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The board book is up. This will be the death knell to TR

I don't think so-- people who fall for the expeditionary fake curriculum aren't the same types as people who want BASIS for elementary. And there's no location yet so who knows if it will be anywhere near TR.

You know NOTHING about how BASIS does elementary school. It is not the same as how they do MS and HS. People who send their kids to TR don't do it because of EL, they do it because it is the best option available to them and EL seems nice. We know this because of how may kids peel off for LT in ES and then Cooper and Latin for MS.

Other than that, you seem to really have your finger on the pulse of TR families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PCSB is voting tonight. BASIS kids are mostly white and not at-risk. The parents know how to play politics. So this should be an easy vote. The opposite of Eagle. A bunch of those students have basically disappeared after their school was closed at the last minute. This is the way PCSB does business I guess.

Dumb take, even by DCUM standards. Eagle was failing the kids, misplacing and stealing money and in a death spiral without a bail out. BASIS is the best (or one the best) performing schools in DC and seeking permission to expand. These two things are not alike.

There's real racism and discrimination in this world. You hurt legitimate efforts to overcome or address these issues with dimwitted takes like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recommended to open but only with grades k and 1, adding grades each year. Year one, 150 students

Will those kids' siblings get preference for MS? If this is actually about BASIS ES being able to stand on its own, they shouldn't. Otherwise, this will essentially be a tool for parents to get their older kids a leg up in MS admissions irrespective of what's best for the ESer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Recommended to open but only with grades k and 1, adding grades each year. Year one, 150 students

Will those kids' siblings get preference for MS? If this is actually about BASIS ES being able to stand on its own, they shouldn't. Otherwise, this will essentially be a tool for parents to get their older kids a leg up in MS admissions irrespective of what's best for the ESer.

Particularly a problem in the first year. I know families who would happily lottery their PK4er or Ker into BASIS, use the preference for their rising 5th grader, have their (now) Ker or 1st grader attend the first day of school and then return said kid to their IB having locked in BASIS for their family. I'm going to be honest, I currently have a Ker and a 4th grader and I would absolutely consider it. I'd tell my Ker it was a charade the whole time and he'd be back at his real school in Week 2, so not to worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recommended to open but only with grades k and 1, adding grades each year. Year one, 150 students

Will those kids' siblings get preference for MS? If this is actually about BASIS ES being able to stand on its own, they shouldn't. Otherwise, this will essentially be a tool for parents to get their older kids a leg up in MS admissions irrespective of what's best for the ESer.

Particularly a problem in the first year. I know families who would happily lottery their PK4er or Ker into BASIS, use the preference for their rising 5th grader, have their (now) Ker or 1st grader attend the first day of school and then return said kid to their IB having locked in BASIS for their family. I'm going to be honest, I currently have a Ker and a 4th grader and I would absolutely consider it. I'd tell my Ker it was a charade the whole time and he'd be back at his real school in Week 2, so not to worry about it.

Actually, serious question... Does anyone know if BASIS gives admitted student preference? Could I do the above to get two bites at the apple for my 4th grader and then take the spot if she gets a preference from it and never take the one for my Ker? Or does it not work like that?

[Anonymous]

Is Basis still silent on a location going into tonight's vote? Or is it down to Ward 2 or 6?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recommended to open but only with grades k and 1, adding grades each year. Year one, 150 students

Will those kids' siblings get preference for MS? If this is actually about BASIS ES being able to stand on its own, they shouldn't. Otherwise, this will essentially be a tool for parents to get their older kids a leg up in MS admissions irrespective of what's best for the ESer.

Particularly a problem in the first year. I know families who would happily lottery their PK4er or Ker into BASIS, use the preference for their rising 5th grader, have their (now) Ker or 1st grader attend the first day of school and then return said kid to their IB having locked in BASIS for their family. I'm going to be honest, I currently have a Ker and a 4th grader and I would absolutely consider it. I'd tell my Ker it was a charade the whole time and he'd be back at his real school in Week 2, so not to worry about it.

Actually, serious question... Does anyone know if BASIS gives admitted student preference? Could I do the above to get two bites at the apple for my 4th grader and then take the spot if she gets a preference from it and never take the one for my Ker? Or does it not work like that?

The point of sibling preference is so that you have one commute for multiple kids. Not sure how it would work with the BASIS elementary plus the existing school. Doesn't DCI do something like a preference if you have a sibling at a feeder school? Maybe it would be something like that.

[Anonymous]

The expansion info session for current families emphasized the opportunity to expand "enrollment options for siblings" and responded to concerns that 5-12 might become an "all-sibling school." Sure sounded like they envision a sibling preference applying across campuses.

[Anonymous]

Is anyone watching the hearing tonight? How is it going?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone watching the hearing tonight? How is it going?

I wasn't able to join, but was hoping to get an account on here -- hope someone was on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone watching the hearing tonight? How is it going?

It was a really weird meeting. One Board Member didn't seem to understand where the school was located.

More to the point, after a 90 minute back and forth BASIS was approved on a "conservative growth model", which I think means they can open one grade at a time.

Which BASIS then basically said they wouldn't open because it didn't make sense financially.

I imagine BASIS will still open given the approval, but it was weird that PCSB staff nor the Board didn't know BASIS might respond with that comment.

[Anonymous]

Any news on building location? Obviously that's a huge cost factor.