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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a Basis parent, I will tell you as a matter of fact that curriculums are not that important.  The Basis DC high school has a reasonably good curriculum but the school falls down to mediocre in other areas:

1) Quality of teachers - typically inexperienced and prone to leave (underpaid, high cost city, often using teaching as a stopgap)
2) Quality of Students -- the high school has bright kids but there is quite a brain drain in 7th and 8th grades as kids and parents go to alternatives....good thing is few kids are troublemakers
3) Quality of Extracurriculars --- no funding
4) Quality of Facilities --- terrible
5) Quality of Administration --- few true educators on staff, lazy and arrogant admins
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We stuck with it knowing some of these things but would do otherwise if had the choice again[/b]

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What would you have done? Asking bc we are enrolled at BASIS for 5th next year, but will likely get a spot at Ross (to SWWFS) and Hyde Addison (to Hardy and MacArthur) and will have to make a decision.

The problem is that my son is really excited about it. He loves his shadow day, and the 5th grade dean, and what he has heard of the curriculum. [/quote]

You should TOTALLY be making school decisions based on posts on DCUM. Makes perfect sense. [/quote]

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