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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a BASIS parent, I don’t like this because I’ve seen the chaos that results when DCPCSB takes a solid school and has it replicate/expand. Mundo Verde was an amazing, highly sought after school and then it opened a second campus (that current parents fought and delayed because they knew what would happen) and now it’s a total mess. Two Rivers - same thing - second campus. People are bailing because it’s too much to manage and it’s a chaotic disaster. LAMB: opened new campuses and realized it was a shitshow after the school basically fell apart - then consolidated.

There is no denying that this elementary school project is going to draw time and resources away from the current school. It seems wholly unnecessary given that we have a wealth of solid elementary DCPS and charter school options already in the city. BASIS really should not get cocky, given that much of their success is based on being able to draw kids who have the resources and support to keep up with the BASIS model, and those folks are unlikely to leave their elementary schools (but are willing to leave for middle).

I think this is a bad call, and it makes me second guess choosing BASIS. [/quote]

+1.

BASIS appeared to be on an upward trajectory for retaining 8th graders for HS and I think they need to focus on this and teacher retention. I saw some great college acceptances but no Ivy acceptances this year, unlike other notable public and charter high schools (Walls, Latin, JR, DCI)[/quote]

The senior class at BASIS is smaller than at all those schools--there are only 42 seniors.  Hopkins, Caltech, Middlebury, Smith, Vassar, Haverford, UC Berkeley, NYU, etc. are all good.  Correcting for class size, it seems comparable if not better overall than Walls, Latin, J-R, DCI, etc.[/quote]

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