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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a 7th grader and are starting to think ahead for next year.  We don’t live in J-R school district and our in boundary isn’t an option.  If you don’t get into one of the more highly regarded schools (walls, Banneker…), whats next on your list?  Do you have another selective high school you’d be happy with, and if so, which one and why? Are you applying to private? Would consider moving?[/quote]

We chose BASIS for 5th grade.

We’re good.

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Isn’t Basis that school that has the atmosphere of a depressing prison with a lot of stressed out kids?[/quote]

This is fake news for smart kids. My BASIS student is not stressed out. [/quote]

Agree. Also have a 5th grader at Basis and it’s been a decidedly low key experience. All A’s and not stressed, so far. [/quote]

My one big regret is buying into the anti-basis hype and not lotterying for in in 5th! [/quote]

PP above is delusional in believing that intent equates to the requisite lottery luck. We never got off the BASIS WL for either our oldest in 2021 or youngest in 2023. Both of my children are very good at math, diligent and low key, probably great fits for the curriculum. Apparently, the odds of admission are even worse now.  [/quote]

I think, sing it with me if you know the words, Basis works for some kids and families and so it's good that it exists for them. But it doesn't work for many (most?) people.

I personally don't plan to lottery for Basis if by fourth grade I think my kid wouldn't thrive there. (They're in first grade now. I suspect they would do okay enough academically but be unhappy at Basis. To be fair, we are also zoned for what I consider to be a solid DCPS middle, so I have the luxury of forgoing Basis and probably even Latin.)

As far as I can tell from reading this forum - which is a limited perspective, to be sure - people do enter Basis without thinking carefully about whether their kid is right for it - or they think their kid would be into and the kid turns out not to be, which is more understandable.

That's bad for their kids and also bad for the kids who would have benefitted from Basis but didn't get the right lottery number. [/quote]

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