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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, but the counselor isn’t a powerful player in the not so subtle BASIS game to weed out academic stragglers, starting after 6th grade comp results come out. If admins and teachers want your kid gone, the counselor can’t necessarily do much to help.[/quote]

What PP means is, their kid couldn't hack it academically and when they failed their comps and were told they needed to repeat the grade (which they are always able to do) because Basis won't socially promote, PP got mad, moved their kid and started blaming everyone but themselves. Apparently it is the counselor's fault their kid couldn't hack it. Now, even removed from that experience, PP can't acknowledge their parenting failure because the knew damn well, as do all Basis families, that there is a comp exam every year starting in 6th.   [/quote]

Psycho babble nonsense, PP. I posted about the counselor's role.

My kid made 90s Club from the get go and passed comps before moving on to a different HS. 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]

That is simply not true.  Just as bad: your argument is internally inconsistent.

In fact, as you say, very few kids fail comps and those that do can retake.  Basis DC generally doesn't fill seats after 5th grade because new kids would be too far behind to catch up.  So, the reduction of numbers at Basis DC is due to normal attrition.  Embassy people move to other countries, people decamp to other states, families choose a less demanding school, couples get divorced, etc.  Life goes on.

Moreover, every year more and more stay through 12th.  Probably 2/3 of the 5th grade class from 4 years ago will move to 9th and 90-95% of them will stay to graduate.  For example, fewer and fewer are leaving to go to Walls.

I don't know why people bother to post false information.  If you didn't like Basis a few years ago, good for you.  But don't pretend you know what the current situation is at Basis.[/quote]

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