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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I especially admire the courageous parents who decided to let their kids repeat a grade rather than giving up and leaving.  [b]That includes close to ten rising 9th graders, who stayed in 8th, because for college 9th grade counts. [i]TMI Might as well name them[/i] :roll: [/b]And with a 40% drop out rate in DCPS WITH social promotion mandated by law, don't start preaching about the social consequences of retention.

If there is a critical mass, the consequences are mitigated.  If need be, I hope this starts a trend at BASIS DC.  If one of my kids needs to repeat 5th grade at BASIS DC, so be it.  If they cannot get 60s the second time, I'll rethink.

Anyway, one can dream that the 35 now 9th graders will do us proud next year, at least if DC public or charter schools are your only option (and no, I don't want to get on the gravy train for private school or move to Churchill or Whitman because I believe my kids will get a better education at BASIS, and do better at BASIS, both academically and socially). If my kids were athletes, they would not be going to BASIS.

But that is my personal decision, and I would not advocate anyone going in to BASIS blind.  You need to really assess your kid, especially if they are in one of the groups that will contribute to "diversity" at a private school and would succeed, getting a ton of financial aid.  You need to decide if you want them to be "one of the only" not only race wise but class wise, among kids who winter in Vale and summer on Nantucket or "the Vineyard".

Parents who have bright kids who are willing to work, BASIS DC deserves serious consideration.  Especially now that we have proven ourselves to at least some degree on the DCCAS.  It may not mean BASIS made a difference, but even if it only means that we have a bunch of smart high achieving black and brown kids from Anacostia and Mt. Pleasant, that is in my view a good peer group for my kids in 5th to 8th grade.
 
The rankings of the other DC public high schools, even the selective ones, does make me think that maybe the DCCAS is worth next to nothing once you get outside the city limits, and that whatever shenanigans went on this year (referred to in another thread), the Common Core is going to show that most public school kids here (charter or not) are getting a piss poor education.  I KNOW that every kid at BASIS is being offered an excellent education.

I can personally say that my particular child is getting a better education s/he would in private school because s/he is being allowed to reach for the stars, and the tracking is serious.  I have accepted that at least one of my kids is not going to be in any accelerated math or even English classes like this one, but even that is ok with me compared to the alternatives....[/quote]

Sounds like Mary Siddall aka Mary Riner is back in town. [/quote]

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