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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can get a sense a little from the data on this:

https://edscape.dc.gov/node/1640846

A kid who leaves after 8th grade for SWW could be leaving for any number of reasons. They could have always intended to leave for high school. They could be strong academically and want something BASIS doesn't offer. Same with students leaving for Ellington.

But kids leaving during middle school probably did not have that as their initial intention. And if they're leaving for an academically much weaker school, probably BASIS was too intense academically. If you can handle the academics at BASIS, you're not transferring during middle school to go someplace where you're going to have to retake classes. [/quote]

Thanks for the link. It shows that 85% of 8th graders stayed at Basis for 9th grade. I'm a parent of a high schooler and agree with basically everything above, both the positive and negative.. It's all true to some extent. But there are negatives to every school in DC, which explains why the vast majority of students in eighth stay for ninth. We found that overall it's a good fit for our child.[/quote]

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