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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. We're friends with two families who left BASIS for SH, one after 6th grade, the other after 7th. Both students were admitted to Walls from SH and now attend as 9th graders. Our kid wasn't admitted to Walls from BASIS despite having a qualifying GPA. Kid refused to return to BASIS for high school, so now we pay for a parochial school for 9th grade, a stretch for us financially.

My message is think twice before you diss SH these days. [/quote]

It doesn't take much to get straight As at SH.  So, not sure being admitted to Walls really means much if you are coming from SH or other DCPS schools with rampant grade inflation and lack of rigor.

Based on the latest PARCC scores, 84% of kids at SH are BELOW grade level in math and 59% of the kids are BELOW grade level in ELA.

The teachers at SH and similar schools are focusing on the vast majority of kids are are struggling, not the handful of self-directed high achievers.[/quote]

From what I’ve heard about Walls, kids need to be teaching themselves anyway, so being at SH may give a future Walls student the skill set they really need.[/quote]

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