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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1.  The lack of honesty also concerns me.  We are not alone in being a Brent family that was shot down in the Latin and Deal lotteries, can't afford independents, and won't touch other public schools, DCPS and charter, for lack of order, ability grouping and challenge (like almost all the other high-SES 4th grade Brent families).  Maury families will join us on the Hill next year, and Tyler Spanish Immersion families the year after.

Our kid is bright and hard-working, but no math standout, so the Basis curriculum worries me.  Drawing inspiration from the Tucson grads, I, for one will propose that a humanities track be created at the next meeting with administrators, even if I'm told like the curriculum or lump it (as I expect).  It's Basis or the burbs and we don't want to be pushed out of the District for all we pay in taxes.

Consider adding a voice to the small chorus rejecting 7th grade algebra as a must.
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I, for one, think that the founders of BASIS have every right to set the curriculum.  That's what the charter law provides.  If you would like a charter school with a humanities focus, you are free to start one.

The problem with BASIS isn't really BASIS.  The problem is the lack of viable schools with alternative models that forces families to enroll in BASIS even though it is not really the right school for them.
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