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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with no middle school spots after 5th most years, BUT I kind of wonder if there will be just a little bit of attrition at all schools, including Latin, next year considering the change in administration (to Biden, not school admin) and some people leaving DC once their company decides they can mostly work from home indefinitely (meaning people no longer trying to minimize commute time may move further out).[/quote]

Right or wrong, they don't want to admit after 6th because it would be tough for some kids to catch up, particularly in the sciences. What BASIS students cover in Chem and Bio and Physics (they take all 3 every year of MS) really doesn't align to anything in other schools.

Some kids could catch up, others will not but that's the rationale behind their enrollment strategy. It does cost them $ each year since they can't really backfill students who leave after 6th or 7th.

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Oh come on.  BASIS could backfill with 7th and 8th graders kids who could handle the curriculum if they spelled out exactly what the curriculum entails and bothered to provide learning resources to students who arrive after 6th grade.  7th and 8th graders who got spots could be sent the resources with a disclaimer/warning stating that if you haven't mastered this content, you won't be able to pass end of year comps in 7th and 8th grade.  Hence, you will be forced to repeat the entry year.

BASIS just isn't great at innovating, as a franchise or a DC campus.  BASIS is hardly the only program in which middle school kids can cover chem, bio and physics.  Mine currently take on-line science courses through Johns Hopkins CTY and Stanford's on-line middle school program covering roughly the same science content.[/quote]

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