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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what is the likelihood that there will actually be a Basis K-4 next year? When does the charter school board need to sign off to make it happen? Can the Basis elementary go into the lottery system (opening up soon) even if it's not approved? Or can they get applicants later on a first-come, first-served basis (poor choice of word, I know)?

And will sibling preference be in play between the elementary-middle-high school? Do people think that will make it pretty hard to get into if the child you're trying to lottery in isn't a sibling?[/quote]

Re sibling preference, if you look at the maps of where students at different charters come from a large number of BASIS' current students are IB for strong DCPS elementary schools (eg Maury and Brent). I'm not convinced that those parents are going to pull their younger siblings out of those schools and enroll them in a BASIS K-4.  http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/Choosing%20Quality%20Report_0.pdf

[b]In fact, this expansion could be the best thing to happen to SH and Jefferson in a while as it will make it harder/less likely that those kids peel off at 5th.[/b] There are only so many seats open at Washington Latin and BASIS isn't going to be as appealing if you have to start in elementary to get into the middle school.

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Almost certainly wistful thinking.  Yes, more Maury and Brent families will stay in their in-boundary schools for 5th once most BASIS MS spots are pinned down by BASIS K-5th families.  But Jefferson's 6th grade proficiency pass rate for both ELA and math is in the teens, folks, making it really unlikely that a cohort of high SES families on the Hill will embrace it in under a decade.  Unless DCPS creates a full complement of on and above-grade classes in advance at Jefferson and Eliot-Hine (really unlikely), I see parents moving to the burbs before using these middle schools if they lack lottery luck.  Some will rent out their homes for MS and HS to rent in the burbs, then return to the Hill as empty nesters.  Also, the Maury, Brent, SWS etc. families are more likely to head for Washington Latin's planned second campus across the river than to a DCPS.  You already hear a lot of talk about all this in Brent and Maury lower grades circles.  Brent, Maury and SWS don't feed into SH, and SH's WLs get longer every year.

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