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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is that Basis takes 130ish kids in 5th grade, and by 12th grade is left with 40. that means 90 kids/families are leaving over the years -- a full 70%.

That attrition is actually crazy, and is a huge outlier. There is simply no other school in DC that is losing kids like that. [/quote]

I'm no fan of BASIS, but that's not quite how it works. They push early high school graduation, so part of the drop between 11th and 12th is attributable to that. Comparing attrition through 11th grade would be the better measure. Also, they don't always take 130ish kids. In the enrollment audit for fall 2016 (the cohort that's in 12th grade now) they only had 119 5th graders on Count Day.[/quote]

OK... they have 60 at 11th grade. So, still a drop of more than half of the 5th graders, and still a huge outlier regarding attrition. [/quote]

They don't backfill. You don't seem to grasp the concept. By your logic, Latin "loses" 24% of their kids in 9th grade when they add 18 seats. Because by your logic attrition is the (# that start)/(# enrolled). Which is silly way to look at it. Kids leaving is a feature, not a bug. Washing out kids who can't hack it is by design (that's mostly what happens between 6th-8th). Kids leaving because they want a stronger arts program or bigger campus is ok. We have school choice. Kids leaving to go to private schools is also ok. Parents have that right.

This is not the "gotcha" you think it is. Take a walk, sister.[/quote]

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