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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You want to gather good info, listen to parents of top performers who left BASIS 3, 4 or 5 years in. All ears?[b]  Be open to moving to NoVa if you can't afford private school[/b]. [/quote]

Doesn't this mean that it's the best public option in DC?[/quote]

Not necessarily. We switched from BASIS to SH after 5th. Kid is on his way to Walls in the fall, while his elementary school pals at BASIS who tried for Walls weren't offered spots. We supplemented in various ways at SH, especially for science and social studies, but that worked better for us than BASIS, which we disliked.[/quote]

I hear this. Very open to moving our kid if he really hates it. And with the newly announced DCPS change, his backup is now SWWFS.[/quote]

I don’t have a dog in this Basis fight (I’m WOTP) but my kid came home from the Walls summer bridge reporting there were a lot of kids coming from Basis. Can someone explain why kids/parents seem to use Basis as a means to and end (Walls)? Isn’t part of the Basis appeal that you start early and stay through HS?[/quote]

I'm a BASIS parent and will say that the BASIS middle school is very appealing (they learn so much and really learn how to organize themselves and to study),l compared to the other public options, but that the high school is not as appealing (very small, not enough class offerings compared to other high schools, etc). I think staying for middle and going elsewhere for high school is a pretty fine, and common, plan. [/quote]

Disagree.  I think that the high school is better than the middle school.

1) Courses at BASIS are very advanced, and kids can make multiple AP classes starting in 9th grade and they have a lot more freedom in class; 2) a lot of the disruptive and less academically inclined kids have dropped out; 3) classes are smaller and teaching is better overall.  In essence, kids are getting a private school experience for free,

And remember the only other realistic public high options in DC are Walls and J-R.  Walls is OK but it is hard to get in.  Moreover, while it is better than BASIS DC in some ways (e.g., extracurriculars, sports), it is worse in others (e.g., academics).  J-R is mixed (it is large and chaotic, has lots of fights and kids below grade level, and 9th grade is a waste).  Plus, you need to live in bounds. Otherwise, you are looking at private.

So, the bottom line is that BASIS is a great option for high school for some kids.

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Um.  Banneker? McKinley.  Or do you mean for white kids?[/quote]

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