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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basis is a sad school. The truth is that students who stay after 8th are forced to stay by their parents. All kids I talked to had plans to move to SWW, Banneker, McKinley, Wilson...
After fights at home, at the end we allowed our DC to leave  after 6th grade.She was right.... With the exception of math, DC is not more advanced than her peers at a good ( but not top) private. We were not expecting this. 
She's doing more art, more critical writing, projects, and has a healthier social life than before, where her interests and her favorite book are more relevant subjects than her test scores...

We cannot afford two private tuitions, and we are now looking into Hardy ( our IB school) for our 4th grader. That's why I am here.

Thank you OP for taking the time to analyze the numbers and translate them into intelligible facts for us.

We are 90 percent on board for Hardy , and intend to join our ES Hardy support group and initiatives. [/quote]

Let me add that DC was honors all terms but one before she left, so not exactly a mediocre student. 
DH is upset some readers  might recognize her identity.. .. Who cares!! Those who have guessed my identity, feel free to contact me with questions / comments in private, anytime. [/quote]

We do not think that Basis is a sad school at all, and there is a lot of critical thinking going on, but I will grant you that the English critical thinking tends to happen with more consistency in high school than say Chemistry or Physics.  They are getting better at that.  But we feel incredibly blessed that Basis showed up when it did, we have our kids there amongst a cohort of happy high performing kids.

Many kids do not want to stay for high school.  It takes a certain type.  Attrition in AZ is 30% at least - the school is designed that way, and there is no stigma attached to leaving, and no expectation that everyone will stay.  So I don't know where the sad kids are, but since your daughter was clearly one of them, I am glad she left.  Two years at Basis is hardly long enough to measure what Basis could have done for her.

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