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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basis seems like an imperfect school that works for a critical mass of DC families. The real controversy is that most in-bound middle schools are not a viable option for (or otherwise inaccessible) to UMC families. Seems like we need more schools of the Latin/Basis mold, not less. But the powers that be don’t want to see UMC families concentrating at a small slither of schools. [/quote]

Nobody’s stopping more schools that concentrate UMC families. In fact Latin opened a second location and DCPS has opened MacArthur, which gives geographic rights to UMC families, and expanded Banneker, a selective school now is on the verge of losing Title I status. Even the IB program at Eastern, though not yet enrolling a critical mass of UMC students, is poised to concentrate those students within in the school if and when they do arrive. As to Basis, I doubt the school sees enough demand to expand, simply because I don’t think the organization is stupid. If they saw unmet demand for their product, surely they too would be trying to expand in the MS/HS space. Instead they seem to have responded to the expansion of Latin (and perhaps also the marginally increased popularity of the Hill middle schools) by trying to expand down into the crowded K-4 space. That’s how a rational organization would respond if their internal data showed that they were not a first choice school for most of the families they want to enroll, and decided that the most effective way for them to compete for those families is to capture them early. [/quote]

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