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[quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]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.  [/b]
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This holds for all schools. It's really hard to get a straight answer from anyone. We are in-boundary for a particular school often discussed on DC Urban Moms, and despite some recent changes at the school, parents of current students praised it at every chance. We kept encountering boosters wherever we turned. Lo and behold, as the school year went on, a surprising number of people (including some of the biggest boosters!) pulled their kids out when spots became available at other schools, and at least two pulled their kids out early in the year and sent them to private or parochial schools. Even more didn't have their kids return the following year, again staging an exodus for charters, other DCPS, and a few private schools.

Made me realize that it's hard to take anyone's opinions seriously. I don't think much of this is nefarious intent. Parents are just [b]very [/b]invested in the choices they've made for their children, and they will defend those choices vigorously...until a better opportunity presents itself.[/quote]

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