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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll summarize Basis and we can end it here.

If you have a high performing kid who wants to grind out middle and high school, Basis will work for you.

If you have a high performing kid who is more well rounded and wants or needs more then that, go elsewhere.  It’s not worth the grind with no balance and not much joy.[/quote]

You know some families and kids love BASIS, right? [/quote]

That's nice. But why should the rest of us pay for it?

Want fringe curriculum, send your kids to private.[/quote]

Ha! Having high academic standards is "fringe"? Sweetie, you are the problem here. [/quote]

Well that's a red herring.

As I've said, I want the highest academic standards for all kids, not a few kids.

Setting up a system that only benefits a fraction of potential students and casting off the rest as "not BASIS material" isn't a viable solution for me. That's not how public schools work--that's how private schools work. [/quote]

No. That's also how DCPS application high schools work, and how many other charter schools work.

Your "values" are actually internally consistent -- you want a public schools system that only funds neighborhood public schools that everyone can attend, plus private schools that people with means can opt to attend.

There are actually many cities and towns around the country where that is what exists. But, that's not DC (or NYC, or SF, and Philly and New Orleans, etc). Maybe you need to move.

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