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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]19:39, you make an interesting case for the environment being somewhat unpleasant for an 11 year-old already worried that new friends will get weeded out, even if he won't.  Your kid can't be the only one feeling the heat socially.

[b]I can see how a parent who could pay for privates might strongly prefer a school where kids are screened for apptitude, and attitude, BEFORE they start, then retained as a matter of course.[/b]  Why would that approach be so horrible?  It's just depressing to think in terms of most of the kids leaving well before 12th grade, while nobody seems to know quite what the story is on replacing drop-outs.  How does a school build great esprit de corps when most of the young kids won't make it through HS?

BASIS reminds me of the high caliber competitive ice skating program/school I was involved in as a child, in Moscow, before I immigrated to the US as a teenager.  The fact that we were told upfront that most of us would be culled somewhere between ages 10 and 15 didn't provide for a very happy atmosphere.  Although I lasted until we immigrated, and might actually have made it as internationally ranked skater, I didn't miss the program from my new home.  And I wouldn't donate to it now.

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The rigorous private prep school I went to was test in school and most certainly did [b]not[/b] retain kids as a matter of course. The course work was very rigorous and there were students were left the school or repeated a grade I attended as a result. The fact is that DC charter schools are legally not allowed to test in students. Basis is providing an opportunity to many students who might not otherwise get an opportunity for a rigorous education.[/quote]

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