Reply to Latin v. BASIS

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Latin v. BASIS"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin for sure. I heard at least for a middle school they have done excellent job. Some kids leave after 8th grade and where they have been accepted is amazing to say the least. It is a school with solid record. Basis could be a great school, but again who knows. What works in AR might not work in DC. Latin it is!   [/quote]

ITA.  I live relatively close to BASIS (Capitol Hill), but am choosing Latin for my child.  Latin has a solid program and I like its philosphy.  I do wish BASIS well and hope it succeeds.  DC has room for many more good middle and high schools.  I think parents who send their children to either school will be making a good choice.

I also think it sad that DCPS cannot do better for my neighborhood.  In my neighborhood, I am inbounds for Dunbar on the map, although given my middle school is Stuart Hobson it would feed to Eastern.  I don't want my child to attend either of those schools as they are now (and am not optimistic about their improvement by the time my child reaches 9th grade).  So, what are my options?  Wilson = no OOBs this year.  SWW had 1000 applicants for 130 slots (Is my child smart enough to get in???)?  Even if I thought S-H was a good fit, it does not make sense for me to choose it given our poor options for HS.  So, I think we will continue seeing lots of kids from the hill heading to charters like Basis and Latin.  Good for those schools, but it does nothing to strengthen our neighborhood.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics