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[quote=Anonymous]With a child in fourth grade we are considering Basis and Latin and both seem like great options right now.  With regard to Basis, here are some of the reasons we feel like Basis would work, and work well from day one.  Basis has over ten years of history operating some of the most successful schools in the country.  Their Tuscon school is ranked number two nationally, ahead of many selective admission programs including Thomas Jefferson in Fairfax.  They are bringing in personnel from their other facilities to help staff the DC school.  Plus, they are hiring staff right now - with a very thorough process.  Most schools don't hire until the spring or summer.  They are paying above market salaries to their staff.  They have very deep pockets.  They purchased a huge building ($7 million) in Penn Quarter and they will gut and rebuild it (more $) to their specifications.  See other threads on DCUM for info about charters struggling to find space due to tight budgets.  They have a board and a President (Craig Barrett former CEO of Intel) who are dedicated to the proposition that US schools can be world class, and that public schools without selective criteria and steep tuition costs can compete on the highest level.  And again, it is not just that they are dedicated to it, they are actually doing it.  We have participated in a few organizing meetings and we feel like the emerging community and cohort that is coalescing seems wonderful.  It seems like a progressive and diverse group of parents from all parts of the city is ready to jump in and make it happen.  I have been part of a parent group for seven years that helped in the renaissance of our current "tier one" school, and the parent group forming around Basis has a similar feel.  My child has a diverse group of a dozen or so schoolmates who are also considering enrolling in Basis.  These kids have had the benefit of a strong elementary experience, and some of them are very bright.  The accelerated liberal arts curriculum and significant support Basis will offer its students have us leaning towards making Basis our top choice.  We were ready to sell the house and move to MoCo this coming summer, but with the prospect of Basis and Latin, we plan on staying in DC.[/quote]

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