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[quote=Anonymous]No - I think Rhee/Henderson simply miscalculated the super strong appeal of the charters.

Many Brent parents spent about two years participating in  community meetings and talking and talking and talking about creating a middle school (because one must create schools from scratch in DCPS.  We can't look to best practice models in the city or in Fairfax, Montgomery, Howard, Arlington, Falls Church, etc. for some reason.) DCPS launched a new Jefferson Academy hiring a principal in July to launch the new school a month after she was hired.  For the record, the principal at Jefferson is amazing.

Then, a couple of Brent parent leaders sent children to charters and reported very high satisfaction with the schools.  When the founders of BASIS visited Brent, they certainly did not ask for feedback on how to create a school. They outlined their model, showed its proven track record and spent about 20 minutes answering questions.

Last year, the 4th grade class at Brent was split between Latin and BASIS for 5th grade.  And from all reports, Brent students are doing very well at both schools.  Word of mouth is the most powerful marketing a school can have.

I suspect BASIS and Latin will continue to add seats to meet the growing demand.

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