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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am all for this, and if they do open I hope I can get my 3rd grader in from the lottery.

Genuine question to this group, especially those who oppose this. If I have an elementary-age kid who is very advanced, and is struggling with boredom at our DCPS school, where do you think I should send them?

I have asked around and don't get the sense that charter schools are any more advanced, so I haven't really bothered to go that route. It feels like maybe our only option is to move to a Wilson feeder, where it sounds like maybe the classes are a bit more advanced just due to the socio-economics of the students. But I'd love to not have to buy a $2 million house just to give my kid a little extra challenge in elementary school. A BASIS elementary feels like a great alternative, and it offers something new for EOTP families. Happy to be told I'm wrong though! Please do tell me what kind of options you'd recommend. [/quote]

Honest response is to move to Fairfax. If you want to stay in DC and don't want to move to W3, then you need to supplement on your own.[/quote]

Never happening. This is why I support a BASIS elementary school. I shouldn't have to move my entire family just to get a little extra challenge in upper elementary + middle schools. The city has great school options for early childhood through 2nd grade; and great high school options. There's a huge hole in the middle that needs to be filled. BASIS elementary would be just the start. [/quote]

Do you hate your kid? If so, send them to BASIS elementary.

Signed,
Current BASIS parent [/quote]

Say more. are you looking for an out? Do you think it's fine for middle, but bad for elementary? [/quote]

BASIS hires extremely inexperienced teachers and doesn’t support them. There are a lot of classroom management problems, which leads to a lot of extreme forms of discipline and negativity. It’s absolutely developmentally inappropriate for the children they already have. I can’t imagine them in charge of younger children. [/quote]

This is the result of for-profit education. The ultimate goal is to make a profit—it requires maintaining a minimum level of educational standards to keep the charter status and keep those taxpayer dollars rolling, but that's a low bar to clear... and once cleared, anything goes -- no recess, teachers chosen for their ability to work for less (there are talented ones, but they leave quickly!)...

at the end of the day, the cost of educating your child must be lower than the taxpayer dollars they reap. What a weird way to educate your kids.

But BASIS isn't the only for-profit, but what they've done particularly skillfully is spin their dismal numbers and facilities... The kids don't need recess or sports or extracurriculars because they're so "challenged" and "engaged"! They brag about the insane levels of attrition—something like 2/3 of the kids who are there in sixth grade won't make it to graduation!!-- as some kind of badge of honor, like they're Navy Seals or something, proudly washing out the trash and keeping only the best, when, in fact, they are supposed to be a public education institution.

It's insane. [/quote]

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