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[quote=Anonymous]Another plus for us at Basis was that while the major sports are not as competitive as those offered at other schools, the teams are small enough that if your kid wants to play, they have a much better chance of actually making the team.  After all, colleges don't care that the basketball team went 1-12 (I'm making that up), but they like the fact that your kid played varsity sports.

[quote=Anonymous]Walls sports typically involves having to travel all over the city to practice not unlike Basis
The focus for those sporty kids is their club teams again not unlike Basis

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What kind of parent whose kid does not even attend Basis DC has the time or energy to dissect their academics, business model, shortcomings, etc.

Should they not focus on the illiteracy rate in DC and at schools like JR and how to combat that?  Oh, that won't help their "high performing" kid.

[quote=Anonymous]The whole Basis argument comes down to three things:

1.  Is the in-bounds option even remotely worth consideration;
2.  Logistics:  if I go charter, what schools are logistically feasible; and
3.  Good Enough:  based on the above, is my charter or in-bounds option good enough.

If the middle school/HS for Eastern magically transformed to that identically of Deal and JR, then Basis would lose most of its current student body.

If Latin decided to open another campus with all the sports and ECs that exist at its current campus, on Capitol Hill or near Basis, Basis would likely lose most of its current student body.

If Basis had been given the new Macarthur High School building and moved its campus there, Basis would have lost nearly all of its current student body because the logistics of getting there would be horrendous for anyone on Capitol Hill.

I know 3 Capitol Hill families at Basis, and they are fine with Basis...but all would be gone if any of the above existed.[/quote][/quote]

Honestly if kids are illiterate in high school there’s nothing short of brain surgery that will make them literate. At that point it’s entirely endogenous. [/quote]

I have (had) two kids at Basis.  It's sometimes joyless, and sometimes great.  The results have been good for us, and we had the Walls option for both kids...only considered for better sports and EC options, but ultimately our kids decided to stay.

I also had to look up the meaning of endogenous.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

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