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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think "25 open 6th grade slots" is correct and I'm not sure where you're getting that number.  When I asked BASIS staff about that, they said they were fine on numbers.  So then, I checked the official DC PCSB site, which for BASIS shows 0 open 6th grade slots, and shows 43 6th graders on the waitlist.  https://data.dcpcsb.org/Waitlist-/Charter-School-Wait-List-Data/29u8-mtmd?category=Waitlist-&view_name=Charter-School-Wait-List-Data
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That was August.  It says so right on the official DC PCSB site.

That spreadsheet raised a question for me, though.  It shows 93 kids on the waitlist for 7th, 8th, and 9th grades (combined).  I thought Basis didn't admit after 6th.  Why are there kids on the waitlist for 7th, 8th, and 9th grades if Basis doesn't admit any new students in those grades?[/quote]o

I told the Head of School about that last spring because I thought it might mislead parents into thinking that BASIS admits students in later years, and I believe he called, but it never got fixed.  It is indeed the case that the last year any child can be admitted to BASIS DC is 6th grade.  I wish they would change it because since Washington Latin takes students through 9th grade, I would hate to have any parent detrimentally rely on those waitlists and assume that BASIS does the same..........[/quote]

Does BASIS take siblings in those grades?  That might be why the computer system is generating a waitlist.[/quote]

absolutely not.  Basis takes no one after 6th, apparently even students who leave, decide relatively early they have made a mistake, and ask to return.  But those kids WERE in upper grades so maybe it would have been illegal.  I guess losing all your credits when you could have maybe graduated by 11th ain't all it cracked up to be.

And I am positive we have 25 open slots in 6th that now will never be filled because it was in the newsletter.  The dumb thing is that on September 12th it was "we have identified a few slots" and now we know the real damage.  Huge financial hit.  Hope it doesn't happen again, but did not get an answer........[/quote]

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