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[quote=Anonymous]Very hard to know what to believe on this thread, since, reading between the lines, most of the upper-middle-class parents involved are rather desperate for a halfway decent middle school.  They can't afford privates all the way up, or can't afford them easily, struck out in the spring Latin lottery and, for the most part, aren't IB for Deal.  So they're almost certainly going to put a positive spin on whatever's happening at Basis.  They'd rather not leave their row houses for greener educational pastures, but less appealing lifestyles, in the burbs, so who knows what the real deal is.  With 7 years to go before the first crop of 5th graders applies to college, it will be a long time before we know how many high-SES families stick out HS, and if most of the kids are in fact heading to elite schools.  I remain skeptical - open lottery admissions probably means much potential for white flight as the years go by, as per usual.

Who knows what passing comps (PhD program language!) means.  Basis can pass and fail whoever it likes on whatever terms, though surely the exams themselves, and answers given, will be carefully filed in the event that law suits eventuate (probable).  My guess is that very few kids will actually fail to head off controversy/political headaches.

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