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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6th grade BASIS parent here. My son loves it. He is the textbook definition of a BASIS student.  We will sending kid #2 next year.  Crossing my fingers it works out as they are a very different kids. Very much appreciated this thread as I sometimes wonder what is going on with the kids who aren't like my son and are hating life every day with the giant case-it and endless packets.[/quote]

From what I've observed few of the kids love or hate BASIS. They're OK with it, not more, or less.

The motivated students appreciate good teachers and challenging work. But almost everybody would love to have the use of outdoor space, a stage, classrooms flooded with natural light, wide hallways, a real gym, a pleasant [b]school library/media center[/b], and an auditorium. They'd also go for a range of strong electives (including foreign language instruction from day 1, and not just at the beginning level) and serious ECs, better teachers across the board, fewer classmates who shouldn't be there etc.

The kids make the best of things. That's all BASIS DC is worth. No secret that those with wherewithal and/or admissions luck almost always leave after a point. [/quote]

This guy has posting variations on a theme for literally years. Gym? Sure. Theater? Yep. No MS kid comes home to lament a lack of library. And you are dating yourself making reference to a "media center". [/quote]

My DC was horrified to hear BASIS doesn’t have a library and still brings it up from time to time when people talk about the school. [/quote]

Really? This is not a big deal. My middle schooler sometimes goes to MLK after school and like the PP said, starting in 8th grade you can leave campus for a hour for lunch so you could easily go to MLK every day if you like. It's a 5 minute walk away.

I'd much rather send my kid to a school where they are still required to read novels and reading is part of the culture (right now my son has "Drop Everything and Read" every Friday during English class, they have to bring a novel and get to read it for 40 minutes) than a school with a beautiful library and no books on the curriculum. [/quote]

Doesn’t have to be one or the other.  You can have both.  School is lacking in facilities no matter what other alternative options there are nearby.

BTW having a school library tailored to kids 6-12th and librarian is much better than general library like MLK.  I say this as having been to MLK dozens of times.  [/quote]

This. Shame on DC public schools for not ensuring that many of the charters don't have adequate facilities. We'd have switched from BASIS to DCI is we'd had the option. [/quote]

DCI has a fantastic librarian at their library, in addition to gym, auditorium, 2 cafeteria, fields, actual science labs, among other things.  They can also meet the needs of the high performers too.

It’s going to be the closest thing to your typical school in the burbs.[/quote]

Good for DCI. Hope all those who want those things get in and go there.[/quote]

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