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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately BASIS really is NOT a STEM school in the high school - you get one science (maybe) and one math class as part of the core curriculum each year.  Any AP science classes are extra classes that extend the school day and have to be taken at zero hour (7:45) or after school (3:45) and they won't necessarily offer what you want in your three years of AP opportunities and they may offer two at the same time - like AP Chem and AP Computer Science this year are both in zero hour.  This is one reason we may lose kids to Wilson next year - because 9th graders there are not allowed to take APs, but at BASIS they are.

There are 6 required APs to graduate - I think at least 3 are liberal arts (AP US Gov't in 9th, AP English in 10th, I don't know what in 11th besides AP language which at the rate our kiddos are going would be totally unfair........)

And as insane as it sounds, the most advanced 9th graders this year are taking 4 AP Classes, and most are taking 3 because US Gov't and Politics is mandatory and if they only did precalculus for one year they are in AP Calc AB, and then some of the LEAP students left decided to continue with AP Chem, the others are in AP Computer Science, and most are also taking AP Environmental Science.  This probably won't happen again because the HOS said he was uncomfortable with it, but no one was watching what the kids signed up for and I advised against him requiring them each to drop one or two AP classes now because it might lead to more attrition.

So if anyone has an opinion about this (preferably a BASIS parent who knows what the other 3 required AP courses are) please pitch in and let's get this back on track now that we are back at the top again for everyone to see[/quote]

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