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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting that Basis offered 90 5th grade spots this year and last year they offered 170! That says to me the school might be low-balling because of space but once they get a handle on whose coming back in the older grades they'll likely tap the 5th grade waitlist pretty hard. [/quote]

The BASIS directory has 96 current 8th graders. So if half leave for SWW, Banneker, Wilson, private, etc -- that would theoretically open about 40-45 seats for 5th and/or 6th.

I don't think they'd take more than that because the space is really, really cramped.

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Where is the information about having only 90 spots for 5th graders this year?  Also,  does anyone know what the attrition rate from 8th to 9th grade has been for previous years?  Is it possible that BASIS did not even assume a conservative attrition rate when calculating the number of initial seats made available for 5th grade?[/quote]

Click the link at top of page and adjust settings to see 2016-2017 information.

The attrition rate from 8th to 9th last year was about 30%. Closer to 50% prior years.

The old HOS (left last year) was kind of an idiot - and this is the new HOS's first time doing this in DC. So to the extent he is making the decision he could be being much more conservative than necessary, or he may have a better sense of what people's plans are. I know they've been doing a lot more outreach to 8th grade families than in the past but not everyone discloses their plans.

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I know a Basis family that is heading to Wilson for HS. I suspect that many of the Basis students that live in-boundary for Wilson will transfer to Wilson for HS rather than stay at Basis. [/quote]

Yes - this happened in prior years too.

Unless they tell the school, there's no way for the BASIS admin to know/plan (same for privates). People who leave for the application  high schools or an OOB option are surfaced more quickly due to the lottery.

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