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[quote=Anonymous]^^ We're also excited to start 5th on Mon, but I'd be surprised if we're still around in a few years, and not because DC won't pass the end of year exams.  Too many of the kids are surely going to require boatloads of remediation, or simply won't ever be 7th grade algebra material, like our math-oriented girl.

I would be much happier with a test-in magnet middle school for gifted kids, such as those MoCo and Fairfax offer.  Very unpopular view and gifted kids don't exist in DC, tell me about it.

We're hoping for the best for Basis, since Eliot-Hine is our dismal and dead-ended feeder, but not expecting the sun the moon or the stars when any family could just sign up this year, and lottery luck will be the sole admissions criterion  in the future.

I don't believe that fraight racial politics in this city will support the easing out of kids needing a lot of extra help, overwhelmingly AA in this particular city - Basis will surely end up catering to the low-end kids via a remediation push to avoid disruptive classroom environments, slowing the brightest sparks down.  Same old same old....The enrollment paradigm won't be a big deal for 5th but high school isn't all that far off.[/quote]

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