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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have a student in the BASIS middle school?  I have science degrees, BA and MA from MIT. The science at BASIS repeats without much thought, promoting mind-numbing boredom on the part of kids who started out with real enthusiasm. There isn't nearly enough hands-on instruction or good teaching to keep the kids engaged.

We even tried the high school but left for a private after 9th. Before anybody jumps in applauding how we "washed out," I note that my kid scored high on AB Calc in 9th. Relieved to be gone, to a school that teaches all 4 AP Physics courses. BASIS teaches 1. [/quote]

For most of us, our alternative is a DCPS middle school where the science PARCC scores are abysmal... Even "good" DCPS middle schools have pretty bad scores, and at medium good ones, like SWWFS (our option), only 10 percent of the kids are proficient in science. At BASIS that score breaks 60 percent. So, I'll take it.

Agreed that the high school is a less appealing option. [/quote]

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