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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS DC admins maintain that a particularly motivated, self-selecting group stays for high school.  In fact, poor facilities, lack of flexibility and weak extra-curriculars and outside enrichment drive most families out, particularly between 8th and 9th grades. Most of the strongest students are leaving. Weaker and less affluent students--those who aren't admitted to Walls and/or Banneker, and whose parents can't afford privates--stay, and a few others. I hope all this changes, but doubt it will, at least not radically.

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That's how school choice is supposed to work, isn't it?

There actually are more acceptable options at the high school level than middle school - and some parents will more willingly pay for private for high school rather than middle.

For example, it took a long time - and securing a new building - for "wealthier/stronger" students to start staying at Latin from middle to high school.

It will be interesting to see if that happens at BASIS in a few years or not.

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