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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] A few of classmates failed comps, were instructed to repeat a grade to stay, then left. These kids weren't treated well by admins before their families bailed, which I considered shameful. Admins want no more than around 50% of the MS students back for HS. That's the BASIS franchise's model wherever they operate.[/quote]

It's not that admins want high attrition.  They want a highly rigorous school.  To achieve that, you can either have an entrance exam which selects the students academically capable, or you can let everyone try the school, but have high attrition.  The moment you have to have a lottery rather than an admissions test, you're going to end up with a bunch of kids who aren't bright enough or motivated enough to handle a rigorous school. [/quote]

I have an 8th grader and got the opposite impression: They really want kids to stay, which is why they had a bunch of events touting high school and had individual meetings with every 8th grade family to let us know what to expect (and to sell us on the idea of HS).[/quote]

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