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And, it boggles the mind that people would be so staunchly opposed to the possibility of the DC area ever getting any kind of accelerated curriculum option.  [b]Why must we fight to deliberately keep the bar extremely low and deny students any option of ever having a more robust curriculum? [/b] Can anyone out there name any other free public option in the DC area that offers in this kind of accelerated program?  I can't.[/quote]

It's often not the curriculum per se that isn't robust in DCPS middle schools, it's the prep and vetting of students.  IMO, things look a lot better on paper at Deal than they are in class, particularly English.

Do you know anyone whose kid has availed of the LEAP option in specific subjects at an AZ branch?

My college roommate, whose kids are in one of the Tucson BASIS high schools, tells me that the LEAP system is quite poorly managed there.  In theory, kids can advance very quickly in English, science and social studies, but in practice, it's a fight for parents to get them accelerated.  This is mainly because the school's timetable, coupled with the restricted availability instructors for students working far above BASIS' version of grade level, are in the way.  I hear that very few kids actually take AP tests in 9th grade, let alone 8th.  The roommate also mentions that the assessment system for accelerating beyond math isn't remotely straightforward and, hence, easy for a parent to navigate.

Sounds like you're sold on a program you haven't participated in yet, a concept that hasn't necessarily worked well in AZ...The approach sounds grand, but please get back to us a couple years hence with a report on how it worked out.

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How convenient, that a stauch, dyed-in-the-wool anti-DC-Charter operative would "just happen to have" a BASIS Tucson parent as "college roommate".  What a coinky-dink, what odds.   [/quote]

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