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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People want more/better options for middle school in DC.  Every DCUM thread lately makes that abundantly clear.  BASIS is a wonderful option for many (not most) families who want their kids receiving a public education in DC.  Comparing schools and scores is tricky because of the reasons mentioned regarding enrollment and which tests students are taking, whether they are taking a rest after having been at the school for a few years, etc.  Comparing college acceptances is difficult, too, because you have to factor in class size, whether a school is a pure lottery or application school, etc.  There’s no precise “fair” or “clean” way to compare schools most of the time.  I think zealous BASIS advocates and haters alike invite criticism and backlash by sometimes overlooking the fact that the comparisons are not apples to apples.

Why are there so many threads like?  Some guesses.  Some people seem quite bitter about BASIS; maybe it’s because they think it takes away top students from DCPS middle schools, or maybe it’s because their kid didn’t do well, or maybe it’s because they hate charter schools in general.  Or maybe it’s because they are trolls who like to start these discussions repeatedly.  Or maybe the numerous threads are because BASIS tends to attract type A families who aren’t afraid to vocalize concerns or defend their school.

[b]My biggest theory as to why there are so many discussions is that people tend to second guess whether they made the right decision in sending or not sending their kid to BASIS (it’s not a normal school!) and they need everyone else to agree with their decision. [/b] [/quote]

In my experience, in real life, is that there are two types of BASIS families: those that will tell you it is absolutely the perfect school and those that told you the same until they had to leave and now are very regretful.

I'm probably someone that would be accused of being a troll—I think it's clearly a good school for a very particular type of kid, but the for-profit nature is appalling and has no place in our public education system and I think that if you want to have a great deal of money spent on a school that caters only to a very specific kind of kid, using very specific methods that are not universally accepted, you should send your kid to private school and my tax dollars shouldn't be financing your experiment. I also feel very badly for my friend whose kids had bad experiences there.[/quote]

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