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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.[/quote]

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.[/quote]

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique. [/quote]

Really?  Name one.[/quote]

Every bilingual school in the city?[/quote]

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades. [/quote]

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you. [/quote]

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.[/quote]

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city. [/quote]

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.[/quote]

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house. [/quote]

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective. [/quote]

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective. [/quote]

You first[/quote]

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich. [/quote]

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?[/quote]

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS. [/quote]

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.[/quote]

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights? [/quote]

A rising 9th grader, enrolling as a new student? Neither. [/quote]

Disingenuous much? If you're going into fifth grade and you have the right lottery number, BASIS doesnt care where you live or how poor you are. That's a different universe from how WOTP schools operate. [/quote]

Right, they only care if you're below grade level and will push you out. Unlike Ward 3 schools, who will continue to serve the child in an age-appropriate setting. [/quote]

Is reading Animal Farm in 12th grade age appropriate?

I think everyone with half a brain understands that going to BASIS is perhaps a bit like going to MIT. It's not going to be fun, and you're going to miss out on a lot of normal kid stuff, but on the other hand, you'll get a terrific education. [/quote]

MIT can be fun.  Some of their frat parties can be nuts and attract kids from neighboring schools.  They also offer every NCAA sport and win D3 championships in a number of sports.

I don’t think there is a US college you can compare to BASIS because no US college believe an absence of sports, clubs and all kinds of other non-academic activities makes for a great college experience.[/quote]

It is crazy that people keep saying that BASIS doesn't have sports or clubs.  My child is having a hard time trying to fit in all of their varsity sports (3) and leadership positions in the common app.  They aren't including anything that is lower than Vice President, and still there are too many to fit. The number of extracurriculars that the students have done is incredible.  Also, you all know that there are lots of extracurriculars in the city that are not tied to a school directly, right?  Maybe your kids don't know how to tap into those resources, but the BASIS kids sure do.  Do you know anything at all about senior project?   Also hilarious saying that they don't have fun.  Anyone who says that clearly doesn't have a senior.

Yes, it is selective.  After 6th grade, you must be on grade level to continue.   Basis has two years to get you to grade level, but if you start behind, it is hard work.  I know several kids who didn't make it the first time, but put in the work and stayed on track for the rest of school.  I also know a kid who wasn't an academic fit, but the kid really wanted to stay and the school worked with him extraordinarily closely (several hours a day with private instruction during covid, I know for a fact) to keep him from falling behind.  It isn't a school for everyone.  If it sounds like it would be hell for your child, it probably isnt a good fit.  It was for mine. [/quote]

Thank you for acknowledging that it is selective. I don't know why that's so hard for so many people. I guess because it makes their "success" less compelling.[/quote]

I think the issue is that no one cares except for you. It also seems shitty that you put "success" in quotes. The students at BASIS are children. When they get into fantastic colleges, which they tend to do, it's because they worked their asses off. Nobody is giving them anything, and there's no need to put an asterisk next to their accomplishments. Try to learn to be less petty. [/quote]

What's petty is the BASIS boosters who try to artificially pump up their school's reputation by insisting it isn't selective when actually it is.[/quote]

You have a strange and obviously unhealthy fixation with BASIS. [/quote]

Are you under the impression that there's only one person posting critical / questioning comments to the BASIS boosters?  Nope. There are many.  But the conversation had moved on.  BASIS boosters clearly can't let it go.[/quote]

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