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Will BASIS allow kids to enroll into 6th grade?  I got the impression that they must start at 5th-- and that was why so many bailed on continuing into 5th at a DCPS elementary school.  [/quote]

This is sooo much rubbish! I know there were cohorts of parents (and there are again this year) who were/are made to believe that the only chance they had to get into any even half-way decent school was to bail out from their elementary school after 4th grade. I don't know what that person's agenda was but it always makes people feel so much better when they're not along in their quest I guess. This is a lie and I really don't pity anyone who fell for it. Can't help it: But I told you so! My rough estimate is that there are about twice as many 5th grade spots going around than there are kids, including many in very well regarded middle schools. 
Meanwhile, there may be way too many 5th graders place in middle school who frankly aren't ready for middle school. Just because parents find it so cool that their pre-teen is starting to show signs of middle school readiness doesn't make them ready. Some undoubtedly are, but many are not. And way too many kids are being experimented with, oh, let's do year at Basis and then go private.
My prediction is that there will be absolutely no problem getting kids into good 6th grade come fall 2013. And I'm prepared to come back her to post another "I told you so".
And my prediction is that the following cohort will experience the same situation. The year thereafter may be a different story. But by then, there will be yet many more options. So relax and do what's right for your child.[/quote]

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