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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are also open, by the way, about th fact that around 10 percent of the kids do not pass their comps at the end of the year and actually cannot return (without repeating the grade). The admin said that most of these kids do not return, so Definitely lots of the attrition is coming from that. It's the only public school in DC that doesn't do social promotion, and their curriculum is very accelerated on top of that.[/quote]

I wish people in this thread would stop characterizing BASIS middle school as being “very accelerated.”  It’s not. The math is completely normal for middle school. The science, while split into three classes (that only meet a couple times a week) is the same core science that is taught in middle school.[/quote]

That is simply not true. They take Algebra 1/geometry in 7th, and Algebra 2/Geometry in 8th, and then take precalc in 9th. There are kids doing that in DC, but they have tested out of the highest level at their DCOS and it is an exception. To expect that of everyone at the school is highly unusual.[/quote]

When I was in a gifted program 30 years ago, we took Alg 1 in 7th grade. It was definitely not the normal track.[/quote]

I think it's important that prospective parents understand the track properly... Thinking it is "just normal math" is why so many students end up feeling unhappy and stressed out and leaving. It's not a brag about BASIS, but conveying facts that are helpful when deciding whether or not to enroll.[/quote]

Assuming you have a child in the school older than 5th grade, go pull up a course description for any of the suburban high schools and compare what they're learning in 6th, 7th, 8th grade.  It's all the same material that BASIS is teaching. [/quote]

You mean like this? Here is the curriculum for Fairfax county schools, grade 7 math:
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/middle/mathematics/grade-7
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Thanks for this. Can you please tell me how I can enroll my kid there as a DC resident? [/quote]

Nobody is telling you to enroll there. They’re telling you to stop gaslighting people about BASIS being incredibly advanced. [/quote]

Weird response. Why are you in a DC schools forum telling us about schools not in DC? No one is choosing between BASIS and Exeter or Bronx Science of Boston Latin or FCPS.

Serious question: What did BASIS do to you that makes you this way? I am not as invested in my job or my kids' schools as you are in you are in continuing to make this same silly point.[/quote]

Maybe PP wants you to move to the suburbs and will buy you the home you need to make that happen. That’s the only way it makes sense.[/quote]

I don’t get it.  Why are you Basis people so defensive?  It’s no secret that the curriculum is not advance compared to the burbs and that the course offerings are much more limited in addition to limited facility, clubs, sports, etc..

If people don’t want to move to the burbs and are willing to settle for Basis, that’s fine. That’s your decision to make. But let’s not pretend that the overwhelming majority on here don’t have the options.[/quote]

I have no affiliation with BASIS, [b]but wonder why folks who have moved to the burbs continually troll the DCPS forum pointing to genetically “the suburbs” as some educational panacea.[/b] Does your 1 hour commute and total non-walkability suck so much you’re desperate for others to make the same choice to validate yours? Why not read the forums that are actually relevant to your lives instead? You never actually see folks from BASIS posting there about how you made the wrong choice, so how exactly is it that they’re the defensive ones?[/quote]

Simple. The BASIS boosters claim ad nauseam that their middle school offers more advanced academics across the board than general admissions suburban programs throughout the DMV.  Fact is, it doesn't, particularly not for foreign language. PPs point out that in Arlington, middle school students can freely enroll in "intensified" (above-grade level) 7th and 8th grade classes for science, English and social studies. Around and around the arguments go.

When you claim that suburban offerings aren't "relevant" to the lives on DC families, please explain why at least half of my teen's friends on Capitol Hill have moved to NoVa for schools in the last decade. These are not wealthy people who can easily afford suburban real estate, but they sold up in Ward 6 and bought it anyway. [/quote]

Zero chance this PP does not live in the burbs.[/quote]

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