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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fair point that the bad building is symptomatic of an ed philosophy that may or may not line up with yours, even if your kid way ahead of the curve academically.

Some of us EotP will move if or go private if our BASIS kids don't get into Walls.[/quote]

It's really tough. I'm the OP, I went to a big public high school system in a working class area, but was in gifted programs/won Math Olympiad awards/competed in Science Olympiad/was an AP scholar, and my husband is much smarter than me. So I really want our kids to have that opportunity, as well, and Basis does feel like it would offer the academics. During the tour, I was really impressed by the high schoolers and the level of their work and thinking. And we live close to Basis, so there's that. But I was really concerned by the middle school experience, by the lack of recess/extracurriculars, by the very very high teacher turnover, by the youth/inexperience of the teachers, and by the rigidity of the head of school (which maybe indicates a rigidity of the whole Basis system).

Other DC public high schools that might be a good option?[/quote] Public schools East of Rock Creek?  Walls if your kid is admitted after earning a 4.0 in 7th and 8th grades, or close.  Latin 1 if....you have tremendous lottery luck in 9th grade, are fine with a Classics based curriculum and don't care much about modern languages (no MS language before 8th grade, same as BASIS, no options past AP level).  Banneker is starting to become more diverse.   You might lottery into the new HS at MacAruther Blvd, opening this fall, which looks promising, or move IB for JR.[/quote]

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