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[quote=Anonymous]16:09  here, and you're welcome for my post.

Sorry, but lower-performing students taking humanities classes with added help, wonderful as that sounds, isn't a workable solution at Stuart Hobson.  We had that the first time around, and my child wasn't challenged, no matter how much help the stragglers were receiving to catch up.  We wound up regretting not taking a 5th grade spot at BASIS, although she didn't want to attend.

DC public middle schools fed by elementary programs that socially promote with abandon simply can't serve groups of 6th grade students reading one, two, even three years behind grade level effectively in the same classrooms as groups of students reading one, two, even three years ahead of grade level.  Five or six grade levels is too great a span within a single classroom, at least when it's not just a handful of kids at each end of the spectrum.

Without the honors classes for my second advanced learner (more advanced than his older sister) we would have gone private, or moved after striking out in the lottery at both Latin and BASIS for 5th and 6th grades. We got off the BASIS WL into the school year for 6th, but were satisfied at SH, pleased with a 2- minute commute on foot and far better facilities than those BASIS offers (library, stage, gym, fine art and music rooms, playing field etc.), so have remained.

These folks EOTP are staying put for MS.[/quote]

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