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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]S[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ Yes, BASIS is still a very new school - The first full cohorts of kids that started at BASIS in 5th and 6th grade are still only hitting 8th and 9th grade this year, and since BASIS does not accept kids from outside into the upper grades (due to acceleration, et cetera) it will be a couple more years before those first full cohorts populate the high school grades and that will be ripe for even more activities and opportunities for BASIS high schoolers to shine.[/quote]

Boost away, but you can't fool all the people all the time.  The school doesn't in fact emphasize hands-on learning.  Sure, it's a stronger academic MS program than almost all the others in the DC public domain, but you boosters are still mired in relativism.  Our new MoCo school has the strongest students working in a green house, building solar powered cars, running an in-school TV station, performing in musicals and jazz concerts etc.   It's hard to "shine" without halfway decent HS facilities, or even much in the way of decor or fun, but I hope some of the BASIS DC scholars will.  Nice bunch of kids a teachers and some very smart and dedicated educators, too.  It's the stifling Arizona model, weak facilities and dearth of cheer and space that aren't so great....

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Ummmmm...if you are in a new MoCo school, what the heck are you doing boosting for it on a DC Public School and Charter Forum?[/quote]

We liked some things about BASIS, but disliked more (and rigor was not the problem; we tested into a program for the highly gifted in MoCo). [/b]I think of the BASIS kids and families we got to know and wish everybody the best.   I write what I like, thanks. [b] [/quote]

Well you certainly aren't helping us out (BASIS kids and families) by "writing what you like."  Not everyone has the means to move to Montgomery County.... So glad your family managed to move and find a sweet spot.  No reason to for you to bash BASIS DC if you genuinely like us then you should genuinely want our school to succeed and would not make these kinds of comments....... unless you are what is the DCUM word........ troll.[/quote]

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