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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't read too much into it, new poster.  Those of us who have been around for a while all know it's all just sock puppeting and manufactured controversy from the same stale old tiny handful of over-the-top anti-BASIS posters.

The anti-BASIS folks keep tripping themselves up and revealing to anyone who knows anything that they don't actually have kids at BASIS, nor do they directly know anyone who does, nor do they actually know how BASIS operates, and basically, really have no clue whatsoever about BASIS.  There have been a whole slew of completely wrong statements made here tonight, for example about DC-CAS prep, attrition, which grades they accept, and so on.

Best advice on ANY DCUM thread regardless of which school is to not rely on DCUM for accurate or reliable information - [b]go and research the school for yourself, visit it, talk to actual parents[/b], and so on.[/quote]

The thing is, you're starting to hear actual parents with kids at BASIS, and those who started and left, souring.  I've got a hunch that fall enrollment will be a hard pill for the boosters to swallow.  I expected a 5th grade waiting list and there is none.  I also expected more competent sounding admins and more orderly hallways when I visited.  It just can't be a very healthy arrangement for kids not to have any outdoor space, all that homework and test pressure so young, no gym or stage, more than a few classmates quitting, and little beyond academics in the curriculum.  Certainly not the worst things, but not great.  Some of us with no connection to the school, and first-rate engineering degrees, are increasingly skeptical [i]because [/i]of what our research is turning up.  I'd love for BASIS to emerge as a great option for my children - what interest could I, off the DC public middle school-less, have in tearing the place down?

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