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[quote=Anonymous]Latin (I) clearly has better facilities but BASIS is more centrally located with easier access to public transportation. Many BASIS families ranked Latin higher on the lottery (we did) but have come to appreciate the academic strength of BASIS and almost view it as a blessing in disguise to have not gotten the offer from Latin (I or II). The Latin HS test scores and academic metrics are seemingly worse than its middle school and it seems Latin has its own attrition as well. The difference is that Latin will take new students in HS. There are pros to that, of course, but BASIS’s lack of any new HS students has a certain appeal with respect to building close relationships in a smaller community and having continuity. I feel there still needs to be a critical mass of students so BASIS should focus on improving retention, as it has been. If enough of our kid’s friends remain, there’s a much greater likelihood we will, too.[/quote]
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