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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It wasn’t our plan but our child is about to to finish MS at ITDS and she has truly loved it. It’s not perfect but for a middle schooler to really love school is huge. And they do offer more acceleration in MS than ES. It’s been a good experience. [/quote]

BASIS is a school that parents love. ITDS is a school that kids love. [/quote]

More like BASIS is a school that, overall, both parents and kids merely tolerate.  - BASIS parent of several years, and not long ago.  [/quote]

Speak for yourself.  Lots of parents love it.[/quote]

BS. Parents claim they love BASIS for pride's sake because they can't do any better without leaving DC. If you can't afford a private and don't want to move to the burbs for a kick ass HS you wind up tooting BASIS' horn to mask its glaring shortcomings. My main beef with the BASIS MS is that it employs too many poorly trained and inexperienced young teachers who clearly use the place as a teacher training program before they hit the road for better pay and working conditions in Fairfax, Arlington or MoCo. I also didn't like how narrow the curriculum was and how pushy admins were about seeing no need to widen it (come on, only beginning language study from 8th grade for dozens of kids per cohort who came up through DCPS and charter elementary school immersion). BASIS is a blunt instrument. You can stay mired in relativism or you can admit that you make the best of BASIS until you can do better, maybe just for college. [/quote]

Yeah - “love” BASIS is probably a bit of an overstatement. It’s more like, BASIS is at least navigable for certain kids and families that want to stay in DC. I don’t know anyone who finds the place ideal. But it “works” for a critical mass of families as part of an overall puzzle. [/quote]  Agree. It gets ridiculous when parents claim to love a program without basics like a gym or auditorium or any outdoor space on campus. We were annoyed by how limited the curriculum was. Our physics minded eldest could have prepped for just one AP physics exam at BASIS. The school we switched to offers prep in all 4 Physics APs. [/quote]

What school?[/quote]

Dunbar.[/quote]

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