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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read all the post. My understanding is if a child fails a class, they will repeat that class over again. I feel there is nothing wrong with that.[b] If you fail a college class, don't you have to take it again?[/b][/quote]

Exactly :mrgreen: [/quote]

In college there is no problem-- but what will happen iF lots of kids get held back?  Will basis have a separate class for them? Or will the classes at basis sqEw older?  So that average age kids are out numbered by older kids?[/quote]

You understand that college is not compulsory education, right?  And that the majority of Americans do not graduate from college?  Middle Schools, unlike Universities, are supposed to educate everyone.  If you want a selective MS, you need to go private or convince DCPS to create a magnet.  Trying to create one via a charter isn't going to cut it.  If too many students are struggling, it's going to look badly on the school and it will be considered the school's fault - not the students'.[/quote]

I think it is insulting to the population to say that a school with high standards will not thrive.  Students switch schools all the time.  So long as a school has an interested student body and a majority of the students are succeeding and thriving (as evidenced on the DCCAS tests) why on earth would it be shut down?  Not all kids are a good fit for all schools, sometimes because it is more work than the students and families realized when they registered.  What is KIPP's attrition rate?  Not every kid in the city applies to magnets, if it becomes clear what kind of program BASIS provides (and it lives up to the hype), why do you think kids that are not capable of handling it will apply?

I have heard through friends of a couple of kids that are registered and doing the prep courses now and are very happy with how things look.  I realize there will be growing pains and bumps along the road, but my children are a few years out.  My DD is at a JKLMM elementary that feeds into Deal, but I am not certain that my DD's needs are adequately met academically so we may well explore BASIS in a couple of years.[/quote]

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