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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question to me isn't "What would make BASIS middle and high school even better?" Or "What would be easiest for BASIS (cookie cutter schools I guess)?"  The question is what does DC most need, for our limited supply of school buildings and our limited number of kids to attend those schools. And I would say DC has pretty decent elementary schools in the areas BASIS is willing to locate, to the point where another elementary school is not a pressing need. If BASIS were willing to make a firm commitment to opening in a Ward 7 or 8 location that would be different. Or if BASIS were looking for a building to expand the enrollment of their existing program, that would be different, because we certainly do need more quality middle and high school seats. The idea of an elementary school to rescue those poor children who are currently attending.. Ross and Brent and Maury... just doesn't move me.[/quote]

Kids leaving Ross, Brent, and Maury would mean more open seats for kids who want to actually want to attend Ross, Brent, and Maury. That’s not a bad thing.[/quote]

That's not the point. The point is BASIS is intending to locate in an area that already has pretty good elementary schools. [/quote]

That is intentional. BASIS is successful in DC in large part because it draws in families with the resources to support the BASIS model. A large part of its ability to do this is its central location.

The children of families who do not have the resources to support the BASIS model are largely weeded out by 7th grade. This is also intentional. The BASIS franchise cares a lot about their own stats. They’re not going to locate an elementary school east of the river where they would have to deal with a high needs population. [/quote]

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