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Please send your child to BASIS DC.  They track even English starting in 7th grade, and put kids in the proper math class based on diagnostic tests administered before school starts.  We felt the same way about Washington Latin, made the leap of faith to go to BASIS this year and have not been disappointed.  My dd is in a high enough grade so that many of the kids who could not keep up will fail the comprehensive exams and not return next year.  It is not a test in school, but it is a school that you can actually flunk out of! [/quote]

We're keeping an eye on BASIS, thanks.  Love the pro-tracking mentality, not so sure about the strange building and somewhat myopic seeming STEM focus.  Since BASIS has yet to "flunk" anybody out, we're taking a wait and see attitude toward the comprehensive exam arrangement.  Local civil libertarians will surely have a field day if the system powers ahead.

Fingers crossed that the Supreme Court rains on affirmative action's parade before the end of the month in Fisher vs. U of Texas.  And no, I'm not a Republican.

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They do have a strong STEM component but it's anything but "myopic".  Beyond their STEM component there is a very strong classic Liberal Arts education, with minimum 2 years of Latin (and option to continue in Latin or switch to other languages like French, Spanish or Mandarin), very robust English Language, Literature, Rhetoric, Humanities and other courses, they also offer Economics, Fine Arts (Art, Music, Drama) and other things outside of STEM which you will not find in other DC schools.  They probably have the broadest range of honors and AP course offerings (even outside of STEM) of any school in DC.  I'd encourage you to take a look at their course sequences:  http://basisschools.org/course-sequences[/quote]

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