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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin and Basis are so wildly different that I'm not understanding how parents could think both schools could be a great fit for their kid. [/quote]

Come on, most parents who enroll don't think these schools are a "great fit" for their kids. BASIS has crappy facilities and high teacher turnover and Latin's facilities aren't great.  Neither school has the dough to offer first-rate extra curriculars/enrichment, especially for 5th graders.  Neither school tracks for humanities subjects in middle school, other than Latin for kids who start Latin after 5th grade.

Kids go to Latin and BASIS not so much because either is a "great fit," but because middle-class Hill families East of Rock Creek lack viable middle school options.  [b]Plenty of BASIS families would have sent their children to the original Latin if they could have. [/b] It works the other way, too, but not to the same extent.[/quote]

Depends on the kid.

Latin's academics are subpar.  BASIS families looking for a "normal" school with subpar academics might have been hoping for Latin and just not have gotten in through the lottery.  Most of them have moved on to other schools long ago.

The BASIS families still around by 9th grade that we know do think that the school is a "great fit."[/quote]

Not buying it. The BASIS families we've known for many years who are still around from 9th grade+ talk about staying on in the program as preferable to moving to the burbs of paying for privates.  BASIS doesn't have strong enough ECs, leadership or teaching (too much turnover) to be a "great fit" for much of anybody.  Parents who can pay for serious HS ECs do. BASIS does the job, not more.[/quote]

You don't have to buy it? You're not there. Just enjoy the choices you've made.[/quote]

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