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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS classes are going to be even smaller. No way at-risk kids make it through that system. [/quote]

I'm not naive: They are likely less prepared and will need help catching up, and will probably drop out at a higher rate than average. But assuming failure is just wrong, both factually and morally. Honestly, part of the attraction of Basis is the lower share of higher need students. We came from an elementary school where the administration's attitude, sometimes explicitly stated, was "We're going to have to give your kids less attention because they are going to be OK anyway, and there are kids with higher needs." But adding a couple of at-risk students per element is not going to be a drag on the rest of the students. [/quote]

DP. I'm not sure naive is the right word since you seem to have gathered the pieces but not put them together. Any true data will have to be gathered over time, but I suspect, as you mentioned, that at-risk students will likely move out at a higher rate (though obviously the hope is that there are some who will stick it out and receive any help catching up that they receive). The tyranny of the pipeline math is that if Basis doesn't up the size of the incoming class (if they can even support a larger 5th grade) or figure out a way to on-ramp kids after 5th to anticipate this, then a subset with at reduced rate of return will translate into even smaller HS classes in the future (possibly combined with a few who are "stranded" in a poor match unless they maintain better options to transfer later with at-risk status). I'm not arguing against at-risk admissions. It just needs to be properly considered.

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