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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This post finally came full circle: if BASIS had an elementary school, at-risk students who would otherwise miss the 5th grade lottery or struggle to catch up would have a better chance at not only getting in but also succeeding. 5th grade is currently a nice way to more gradually acclimate to the demands of middle school. So many students come into the school without good foundations and BASIS has to catch them up. There would be far less catch up in middle school if the students had mostly uniform preparation going into middle school. Certainly some DCPS elementary schools prepare their students but many do not. [/quote] Yes! We need a Basis elementary school. Hopefully, PCSB didn’t mess everything up.[/quote] More like BASIS messed it up by presenting a scenario they were unwilling to carry out.[/quote] Messed up? No. The PCSB approved the Basis expansion. Basis is now just trying to negotiate the details to see if they can add additional grades faster.[/quote] It feels like BASIS wants this but the PCSB doesn't really care if it happens or not. And BASIS parent opinion is from what I can tell, a mixed bag.[/quote] BASIS parent opinion is a mixed bag because some parents don’t want to risk their sibling preference for their younger children.[/quote] Since the school will most likely have to start at the younger grades and build up, the sibling issue would only impact families if they have a very large gap in ages of their children, bc I assume the school won't even open for a few years at least (assuming it opens) and then it will be just young grades, so the kids currently in elementary will get in at 5th grade just fine. I used to work at KIPP, and they all started with middle school (also in 5th) and when they went down to elementary they had the same 'start young and add a grade each year'. I think it actually helps ease into the bigger school.[/quote]
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