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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]pp, I do not agree with you about BASIS.

The pay is not poor at all -- in fact it is better than most charters, and that's why it is attracting many good professionals who want to live in DC.

As for the facility, it is pretty nice and well kept.

Poorly prepared 7th and 8th graders are doing remedial classes in math. In fact there are 3 levels of math for grades 7 and 8.
There will be remedial English offered soon. I know that because we belong to the same category of wasting 2 years in our previous schooling nd being poorly prepared. Out of 8 teachers, we have 6 good teachers, one so so and one who knows the subject but cannot convey the ideas clearly. 
BASIS is a huge improvement over our previous school.[/quote]

I don't doubt that BASIS represents a massive improvement over your previous school, whether it was DCPS or DC Charter, but this thread is to advise a family choosing between MoCo and DC public schools.  Bethesda middle schools have playing fields/courts, performance spaces (for band, orchestra, drama), gyms, great art rooms, even pools in some cases.  They also offer test-in academic magnet programs and honors classes for most academic subjects where remedial isn't in the mix.  Basis, whatever it has to recommend it, doesn't offer MoCo facilities or a very well-rounded education at the high school level (if they get a high school).  That may or may not work for these folks.  They should check out Basis if they're interested, a school still in the test tube stage in DC.

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