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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Post above is silly. Nobody here has the time or energy to "hate" BASIS DC. We're too busy.

In our experience at BASIS, most of the families who leave don't do so, contrary to the conventional wisdom, because their kids "wash out."

They leave because they have the money for greener pastures, and/or are willing and able to move WotP or out of the District to find them.[/quote]

We have had kids at BASIS for a while, and that is not our experience.  You sound like you left the school a while ago and don't really understand how the school works currently.

Some kids leave BASIS leave because their parents move to other areas because of job transfers and the like.  Some leave for Walls for 9th grade (but now that Walls has weakened its entrance requirements, more students are staying at BASIS).

[b]The fact is that most kids that leave BASIS do wash out.  [/b]

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What is your factual basis for arguing this? You've see the report cards of most of the students who leave when between one-third and half of the students in any given 5th grade cohort are gone by senior year in HS? We left after SY 2019-2020. The independent school we switched to never closed during the pandemic.

We claimed that we were leaving because of a job transfer a few times to avoid awkward conversations with fellow parents who probably couldn't swing independent school. In fact, our BASIS student won a music scholarship. When you're heading to a private, you tend to quietly connect with other families intent on leaving. [/quote]

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