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Dear PP,

Newsflash! All kids can leave high school early to complete internships, work or volunteer service [b]provided that they have completed most of their high school credits. [/b]Most kids will get lots of financial aid if the kid applies to lots of scholarships with excellent grades or the parents pay a small fee for private college admissions officer. BASIS truly isn’t an anomaly. BASIS isn’t offering anything special in that front. OP mentioned her child is into extracurriculars, [b]does BASIS compete in the athletic divisions where scouts can come visit her child? [/b]

What are BASIS middle schools offering that the OP cannot get at a suburban middle school magnet or DC charter middle school? The advantage the suburbs and DC Publics have over BASIS is an agreement that some college level courses from community colleges in MD/VA can be transferred to state schools. Does BASIS have such advantage? In the case of MD/VA, the entire state is working together for a path of college affordability for middle class students and it’s less likely to change whereas BASIS is a single entity.

OP, really needs to think this through. I would hard pass on BASIS but do a shadow day anyway to get rid of all doubts. [/quote]

BASIS lets students do this starting in MS, not just high school once most high school credits are completed. Right now there are students who leave to take ballet or music lessons, participate in regional orchestras and theatre productions, or go to travel sports team practices.  And they get school credit for doing so.

And BASIS competes in the charter school athletic association with schools like Latin, Haynes, Cap City, DCI and others I'm sure I am forgetting - basketball, baseball, soccer, cross country. I have no clue whether scouts go to those games but many scouts concentrate on travel teams anyway. And while OP said 'extra-curriculars' who knows if her kid is an athlete. They could just as well be into Science Bowl, debate, community service, or another thing that BASIS offers.

None of this is to say that you can get everything under the sun at BASIS -- you clearly can't. [b]But there is more flexibility and more opportunities than you are aware of.[/b] [/quote]

But not where advanced language study goes. When we asked if we could continue to have our bilingual Chinese-speaking child home schooled and weekend schooled in advanced Chinese, without having her forced to study a third language at BASIS from 7th grade, or forced to take beginning Chinese classes at BASIS from 7th grade for scheduling purposes, the answer from admins was ABSOLUTELY NOT.  Find a different school if that's what you want.  I get it, very few BASIS DC families are intent on raising their kids to be fully bilingual and biliterate in a major world language so our situation is unusual, and irrelevant.  We will find a greener pasture.[/quote]

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