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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No kid loves BASIS. Kids love fresh air, light, fun school electives supported by serious resources, a strong school community, fine performing arts programs, strong school sports programs, strong instrumental music programs, a chance to run around during the school day, a chance to go on interesting field trips on a regular basis, Parents love avoiding crappy DCPS middle schools while continuing to enjoy their hip row house lifestyle.  I say this as a parent who used to proudly proclaim that my kids loved BASIS. The thing is, they didn't and neither did their friends. By 9th grade, almost the entire friend group, a dozen kids, had voted with their feet.  [/quote]

Ooh, found the "shame on your selfish rowhouse lifestyle" poster. You been on vacation? You're usually chiming in a little earlier on these threads.

Anyway, yeah, you got me. I secretly hate my kids and prioritize my hipness over their education. That's definitely why my kid is at BASIS rather than FCPS. Thank God people like you are posting on every single BASIS thread to show the rest of us the error of our ways.

I'm a little surprised you're not also going after those hip rowhouse parents who send their kids to Latin or DCI instead of doing the loving thing and moving to the suburbs. Or is it only selfish when our kids go to a school your child didn't like?[/quote]

NP. Nobody's arguing the above but you, PP.  This take is extreme and silly.

I'm in the camp of those who believe that a BASIS K-4 would roll back progress for Ward 6 elementary school in an untenable way. Sounds like good news that BASIS has hit a major snag with the rollout.

I'm keeping my fingers cross that they concede defeat.[/quote]

It's dumb but for some reason this row house thing shows up in every BASIS thread.

I actually think an expansion to K-4 would
reduce BASIS's impact on Ward 6 middle schools. As things are, BASIS pulls some kids who are legitimately well-served by its academic philosophy and a lot of kids for whom it's the best of bad options. But I can't imagine that second group of parents would opt for BASIS for a kindergartener when there are lots of good elementary schools available. They'll go with their local schools and play the lottery.

The BASIS elementary school seats will go to kids whose families really are sold on the educational philosophy, and by fourth grade, the kids still at the BASIS elementary would be in it for the long haul. I think BASIS currently pulls disproportionately from Ward 6, and an elementary option might bring a little more balance.

So by fourth grade, you'll have Ward 6 parents putting their kids in the lottery, but instead of having 135 seats, BASIS will have maybe 20 seats. With fewer middle-school exits to the charter world, more kids will end up at SH, EH and Jefferson, and that would put pressure on those schools to improve and expand the cohort of kids at or above grade level.
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