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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^I doubt it.  Been inside the BASIS DC building?  The boosters have a fit when anybody points this out but, honestly, it looks and feels a bit like a jail.  I attended a graduation ceremony for a niece at one of the Tuscon campuses, a green and pleasant place.  The lack of outdoor space, athletic facilities and plans for a serious sports program here will remain a turn-off for many, as will the population pyramid issues, with around two-thirds of the kids dropping out along the way.  I don't doubt that BASIS will do OK, given the dearth of halfway decent public middle-school options in the city coupled with [b]Latin's attachment to social promotion[/b], and allergy to tracking, but I'd be surprised if BASIS ever becomes really hot.

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I see this written quite a bit about Latin and I don't really understand it.  What exactly does it mean?  I know for a fact that as my DD went through each grade at Latin that students have been left behind each year.  How do parents even know that "social promotion" is going on?  Is there a leak at the school adminstration level?  I'm a fairly involved parent and I have no idea which students are failing to meet expectations and deserve to be left behind, but are instead moving forward.  Where do you people get this info?[/quote]

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