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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look at the link above on the DCPCSB it says 27.1%!and was modified 12/14 so those are the current number.

Unwittingly it seems as though the boosters have pointed out a large drop in FARMS kids in the last two years. [/quote]

What is your point?? It could also mean less FARMS kids chose to come to BASIS this year.[/quote]

I do find it odd that BASIS parents were claiming Title I status when they aren't even close to it. This must have caught them off guard also. [/quote]

The fact is that BASIS qualified for Title 1 status last and it is public knowledge. As for the new numbers they were probably just released. I have not even heard of the new percentages for total enrollment for DCPS and charter students this year, have you? I thinking you grasping at straws to criticize. Geesh :roll: [/quote]

I have no idea what you are talking about regarding total enrollment.   The claim was made that BASIS is a Title I school (which it isn't) to highlight its achievement.  Pointing out fact isn't grasping at straws.

I would expect Deal's number of FARMS to drop this year too as their IB numbers increase considering its location.  I wonder what made BASIS numbers drop?  Different enrollment?  We know they were unable to fill their 6th grade.  I don't know.  Do you?[/quote]

IB?  Not really a relevant term as there are no boundaries, they draw city-wide, from all wards - unless you are just referring to convenience of proximity.  Penn Quarter is not exactly an area that I think of when I think of family residences and lots of kids, but I do know they get a lot of kids from areas like Capitol Hill.  As for enrollment, what's new this year is that they joined the common lottery, which should made it even more open.  But again, as is the case with any charter, the student body is self-selected.  If anything, word has gotten out that BASIS is serious about its rigor and that it's not a school where kids can just coast and get good grades without serious effort and really putting several hours into homework every night.  For some families, that's exactly what they are looking for - but for others, that may seem to daunting - along with the potential risk involved in not having social promotion.[/quote]

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