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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can make you feel (somewhat) better.  The Latin and Basis middle school waitlists have been growing every year post-pandemic.  Mortgage rates might have something to do with it.  Basis has a lot of homework.  A lottery number in the middle for 5th/6th grade will get you Basis for 5th but not much else.  You are not in a substantially worse position with a bad number than lots of others with a so-so number because you need a very good number for schools like Latin or Hardy etc.[/quote]

I will say that the large number of kids staying in DC for middle school also means that more school become acceptable options. On Capitol Hill more and more kids are attending Eliot Hine because they were shut out of Latins/BASIS, and schools like EH have much better facilities than BASIS for example. Getting a bad lottery number doesn’t mean moving is the only option.

Once you get through MS, the HS options are wider. [/quote]

Agree with this. There are a whole handful of DCPS middle schools that seem fine, not sure what that PPs options are. And to feel better on BASIS, you really have to be a very particular kind of kid, otherwise it's kind of miserable. My kid does truly like it, so it's not miserable for everyone. But those who hate it, hate it in a very damaging and active way (they feel stupid, they are stressed and exhausted, they feel like they are failing)[/quote]

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