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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it was necessarily for incoming students to be "advanced", but there is definitely an expectation of rigor, an expectation that the curriculum will be accelerated and will push hard on subjects like math and science, that there will not be social promotion, and accordingly that kids and parents will need to be committed, motivated and hard-working.  It's not a school for slackers.  If it was anyone's notion that they could just coast through BASIS as with a DCPS school, that was their own mistake.[/quote]

Maybe not advanced in the abstract, but at least successful.  Unless there is a special need involved, most of the underachieving kids in our city have been failed but not only the school system, but also by their parents.  It would be ridiculous to think that parents that would allow their kids to get so far behind by fifth grade would suddenly participate in the middle school educational process to allow the children to succeed at a rapid pace.  [/quote]

Why do you think that these parents knew that their children are so far behind?  Or that if they did know that they "allowed" it.  These parents may be doing the best that they can with the information they have been provided.  Not every parent is college-educated or they could be basing their knowledge of grade appropriate educational standards on what was appropriate at the substandard or not advanced school they attended. I have been paying tuition at a excellent MoCo public and it amazes me that the parents whose kids are not in the advanced classes have no idea that certain classes even exist or think their child is doing just fine with the limited amount of work their children do in response to homework, projects, etc.  These parents are very high SES and I would venture that the vast majority attended upper echelon colleges.  I am a native AA Washingtonian and it is very discouraging that the attitude expressed above seems to be the attitude of many of our more recent D.C. citizens (at least on DCUM).  [/quote]

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