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This was largely due to scheduling more than anything else. As for the LEAP section not being present, there were too few kids left over to have that section.[/quote]

No dear the question is why there is no LEAP section in the 8th grade not the 9th grade (agreed too many of them left after 8th grade - is that typical of BASIS schools?), and why you would make kids who had been in LEAP Chem in 8th then have to show up at 7:45 to take AP Chem.  These are the real questions.

Once we really start departing from the BASIS model you have to keep your eyes wide open, especially if you are (as we were) impressed by 5th and 6th grade.

And if you have a kid who is basically pure STEM or pure liberal arts you have to remember that in high school they are required to take six APs not of their choosing - unlike Wilson, unlike Latin, unlike any other school I know of, 3 in math/science and 3 in English/US Gov't/foreign language?  NOT a good fit for anyone except for a well rounded kid.

And most kids who are really good at one thing are not well rounded.

No skin in the game, no kids there anymore, over and out.

Just warning those of you with unhappy unchallenged 9th graders and those counting on the lower school as paying your dues with high school as the great reward to seriously reevaluate whether it is worth an unhappy teenager taking APs that they know will be factored into their grade that are either required or poorly taught.

Middle school OTOH offers the best education available in my experience.[/quote]

I believe there is no LEAP Chemistry this year for 8th grade is because BASIS was only offering it at 7:45 am and changed it so that the kids had to take LEAP Chem 5 days a week along with regular Chem 3 days a week. Our kid was interested but he did not want to get up for a 7:45 am class. I suspect others felt the same way because I think there was more than enough kids to do it. I was not too happy with the change. It was a dumb move on the part of BASIS to actually discourage kids with ridiculous scheduling from taking LEAP Chemistry IMO.[/quote]

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