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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basis isn't local to anyone. It's a charter, meaning it is subject to a citywide lottery where they must educate any child who wins a spot. [/quote]

Correct.  Yet some posters have suggested that it's there for NW since it's in NW (neighborhood preference).  No, it serves all of the city.  It's then a function of how far you want to send your kid in the morning.  The motivated parents will go the extra mile to get their kid a good education, wherever it is, just as they do with Latin (which is inconvenient to many, including our family) - And, yes, acceptance is by lottery -  as such, ginning up this nonsense about "exclusion" is pure nonsense.  FUD as another poster pointed out.   I think it's a worthwhile option for us - more so than most of the other schools we have been checking into.  There's no perfect one-size-fits-all anywhere in the city.  What works for one family won't necessarily work for another.  It's up to parents to make an informed choice about what works best.   But dumbing the entire system down to meet the lowest common denominator and depriving the remainder of a worthwhile education is definitely no solution, and in fact does NOT meet the needs of most.
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