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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child loves it there. It was a steep learning curve.  We needed to cancel outside activities and really prioritize giving her time to do work as she started.  No more taking her out to long dinners with friends on weeknights.  By 6th grade, she had lots of extracurriculars again.  Other than that, basis did the work to get her up to speed.[/quote]

Is it really necessary to cancel outside activities?  My kid does a sport fairly seriously.[/quote]

My kid is in 5th grade there and he continued his sport both in fall and now spring, as did lots of his friends. It's not necessary to cancel outside activities.[/quote]

Yes, but dealing with outside activities gets old even if the kid can handle the time commitment, especially if both parents have demanding commutes. You start to envy families with serious sports, music and other extra curriculars at a school, whatever type of school.

Weak extra curricular options are one reason the Basis loses half of it students between 6th and 9th grades. Everybody who leaves doesn't do it because the academics are too much, or their life circumstances change.[/quote]

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