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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basis public schools work because of attrition. Anyone willing to work incredibly hard can succeed. Many kids are not willing to put in the hard work for various reasons (ex. prefer to do sports, music, drama; have to work even harder to catch up because do poor academic preparation.) Those  kids unwilling to put in the hard work drop out. If you look at the number of kids who drop out each year it is pretty high. It is good that a school is available to those who want an academically rigorous education. [/quote]

Yes and no-6th grade continues to be the worse grade/rotating class every year because many of the worst students and troublemakers come back desire failing-there will be kids repeating 6th for the fourth time at Basis this coming school year. That would not happen at a private because no parent would pay for their kid to fail 3 years running..[/quote]

Is this really true? That would mean that a child started BASIS DC in 6th grade when it first opened and is still in 6th grade? While his/her peers are going into 9th? [/quote]

Yes. Not many but some kids are in this position. They will not do social promotion. Starting in 6th, to move to the next grade students must have at least a 60% average for all coursework in all classes AND get 60% or better on all comprehensive exams.

The exception is math - if you pass course and exam for everything but your math class you can move to next grade but retake the math.

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