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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got the critical flexibility and support we needed to pursue post AP language, performance music and STEM competition success (involving some travel on school days) from SJC. At BASIS, when we would ask admins for a little flexibility in middle school and 9th grade the answer was invariably, no. Too many barriers for our kid to stand out in college admissions down the road.[/quote]

Sounds like private school was the right choice for you.[b] It’s harder for a public school to violate policies like you were asking.[/b] TBH, except for post AP language, for the others I would have just done it and waited for someone to tell me no. As long as your kid keeps up in class and you don’t push absences past 10 days or whatever, there’s a lot you can get away with.[/quote]

Um, not in Fairfax, MoCo or Arlington, not in well-run suburban systems aiming high in college admissions. The open-minded former BASIS HoS would have worked with you. This guy wears his insecurities on his sleeve by controlling whatever he can. Glad you could afford to leave to stay on track for an Ivy.[/quote]

The current HOH is a big reason we are leaving for Private for HS. He makes no changes, blows off parent concerns, does nothing to try and control classroom behavior. My child has gotten excellent grades - and honestly if Basis followed through on the curriculum as it was designed (as opposed to being months behind the AZ campuses), she would really thrive more and maybe we would stay. But the teaching quality has been hit or miss, admin is clueless and prides themselves on dragging along kids who are in over their heads and probably shouldn't be at Basis rather than being an environment where advanced children can thrive.[/quote]

We could have written this post. We're fed up with rowdy middle school classes. My sibling has teens at the original Arizona campus and their school is simply much better. The campus has good facilities and a serious performing arts program. Teens can play in a first-rate school orchestra. They can take languages past the AP level and advanced humanities classes from 7th grade. A different world.[/quote]

All BASIS schools, including in DC and AZ, follow the same curriculum:  https://enrollbasis.com/academics/curriculum/.

BASIS's charter doesn't give it the flexibility that the AZ schools' charters permit.  And its building and location in downtown DC are a wee bit different than the AZ campuses.  For example, BASIS Chandler (the #1 ranked BASIS school and #11 charter school in US) is in the Phoenix burbs near the Gila River Indian Reservation (which is mainly a big desert).   The original BASIS campus, BASIS Tucson North (the #6 ranked BASIS school and the #54 charter school in US) is similarly in the Tucson suburbs, a short drive from County Club Vista.

Rather than bash the HoS, feel free to lobby PCSB to create an Arizona-type charter system in DC and raise $50 million to build a suburban charter campus in downtown DC, one of the most expensive real estate markets in the United States.

Or move to the Phoenix or Tucson burbs if you think it so great.[/quote]

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